Latest News - We are now moored up above Eastwood Lock, on the South Yorkshire Navigation, just outside Rotherham, hoping to go up the flight of eleven locks into Sheffield tomorrow. However the lock Keeper has just called and told us that due to the water levels rising in the river section, we may have to wait a couple of days until it is safe to proceed. ........ click to read more

Meet the crew - Get to know a little about the crew of ‘Take Five’, learn why we bought her and our reasons for wanting to continually cruise the British canal network....... click to get to know us

About our boat - Discover the technical details and internal layout of our floating home ‘Take Five’. Remember the boat is used by two people only, with room for ‘short stay’ guests when required....... click to learn about Take Five

Some Photos - If you want to see pictures of the canals, this is the place, showing points of interest on our cruise, places visited, and some of our favourite photos....click to view

Cruise Logs - We began our life afloat in 2001, when we purchased our boat, and here you will find details and maps of our cruises since then........ click to see where we have been

Links - An opportunity for you to have a look at some of the other web sites we have either found useful or are just interesting to us, and you may find the same... click to check them out