Cronks Go Flagpoling
Ship Leaves Southampton Wed Feb 23rd The good news is that the ship with our container on-board has departed Southampton. As I write this, it is berthed in Antwerp where we assume it's loading and unloading more containers before heading west to Canada. Estimated arrival in Vancouver is now March 10th. We anticipate we will be reunited with our possessions around the end of March. We have to add secondhand values ('pre-used' in Canada speak) in case we are charged duty once the goods leave customs. Our shippers have said duty is not payable given we are technically Temporary Residents based on advice from their Canadian agent. Their Canadian Agent has since suggested it might be so we now don't know what to assume, but if we have to pay duty, we'd prefer to do so on the basis of second hand value, not the insured replacement cost! With that in mind we went 'flagpoling' today. Some ancient Canadian ritual you might wonder, perhaps akin to the UK'...