We continue past the bus station and turn south onto Bond Street and George Street. We continue to the A52 bridge on Swineshead Road, where we cross the road and move to the south bank of the Drain. We follow the road back to the north side of the bridge, then there is no alternative to continuing along the verge for most of the next two miles - there are short pavement sections and there are two places where it is possible to escape onto the old road, but this is by far the least enjoyable part of the walk. We then follow a drainage ditch to the A17 Heckington bypass, where we follow the road right towards Littleworth Drove, where a fenced off wood prevents direct access to the bridge, and we turn right to reach the road about 100 metres further north....

Hugh Hudson

This route should be quite a good one, considering how few direct options are available, but it is let down by careless plotting and needs redrawing - in particular it crosses the South Forty Foot Drain between bridges, and there is no direct route from the path parallel to the A17 bypass outside Heckington to the top of the bridge on Kyme Road. I have created HECBOS 2, which is 90% the same route, but drawn more carefully, and reflecting my experience of walking it from Boston to Heckington. For a more detailed review see the new route....

Hugh Hudson

At Friskney we turn left (there is a pavement on the right hand side) and head out to the A52, which we cross and go straight on (there is a pub here). We turn left past the pub and follow the road out of the village and through Freiston, where we pass another pub, then on over the wide Hobhole Drain and into the outer suburbs of Boston. We turn right into Rochford Tower Lane, passing the oddly sited bowling alley, and taking the field path left opposite the tower. The field path reaches a T junction where we turn left, then take the first footpath right across a bridge into a new housing estate (the second path is currently blocked by the next phase of the development). We go left at the end then right along an alleyway path that takes us to Freiston Road, which we cross and continue on a paved path through a wide strip between houses, then turn right onto Wellington Road, The paved path continuing onto Windsor Crescent has a dog-leg....

Hugh Hudson