It was 09:42 as we passed the entrance to Bridge Broad immediately after casting off.

We left just two boats on the Hoveton Viaduct moorings. The Broads Authority reckon there are 64 spaces here.

The weather seemed so glorious that I even opened the hatch for no other reason than to take this photograph.

I'm always reluctant to attempt to zoom in with my phone's camera, as I normally overdo it and it fails to find focus or I just wobble the camera too much to take a clear picture. So in this case, I add the full frame segment of the area ringed in red on the right.

Six minutes later, at 09:55, I got something a little more acceptable as an image.

By 10:01 we are approaching the Castle Staithe moorings and Dawn of Light I, a Herbert Woods hire craft, is approaching us.

Just up stream of Castle Staithe the effect of prolonged water logging of the bank is clear. Now the area is clear of the large number of birds often seen here.

It's unusual to find a dinghy that is not being used by anglers. This one passes us by silently as it is powered by an electric outboard.

There seems to be more craft on this stretch of the river than we have seen since last summer.

Yet another hire cruiser is seen as we approach the work boats at Little Switzerland.

We all manage to squeeze past each other.

As we approach the speed limit sign at the upstream end of Belaugh we see the live aboard boat Sundowner. It's a boat we almost invariably see at some point when travelling between or mooring and Wroxham Bridge.

As we are a couple of hundred yards off our mooring we see the last cottage at the end of Anchor Street. This time we are greeted by two Canada Geese, which give me the impression they are keen that we don't moor in their bit of river bank.

The dredger seems to be even closer to our mooring than it was when we left on Sunday.

Work seems temporarily halted while a chat takes place..

We reach our mooring at 10:52 but it's 11:22 by the time we've tidied everything on board I am ready to do the final tightening of the mooring lines and leave for home. This is the lowest we have seen Singing the Blues sit against the quay heading. I'm hoping that it will give a good indication of whether we can get under Wroxham Bridge in the future.