Mouse at Braunston

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While wandering along the Braunston Locks on 22 June 2010 in glorious sunny weather, I came across the smallest narrow boat I can ever recall having seen.

Aptly named “Mouse”, numbered 0788 890784, with UCC Ltd squashed into the remaining space on its side panel.

I measured its length using my .75 meter stride and estimated its total length as about 9 feet.

The main question is “IS THIS THE SMALLEST NARROW BOAT STILL SURVIVING?”.

Other questions are:

- What is its history?

- Who are/were UCC?

- Who owns it now?

Maybe BW, IWA or Braunston people know the answers.

Whatever, it is a shame that the poor thing appears to be rotting away, and should be preserved in a museum.

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