In places there is a choice between a narrow compacted gravel path along the flood bank or a cycle track further away from the river and lower down, but either way navigation is easy. Beyond the bridge we lose the cycle track, and the path is mostly unsurfaced, but clear and fairly well trodden. This takes us most of the way to the edge of Hykeham, but we leave it at a signposted junction over a few steps to cross a field and join a narrow path alongside a stream which leads to an obvious path between houses....

Hugh Hudson

I walked this route from North Hykeham (or rather from Hykeham railway station). It continues to head south along school Lane and Water Lane to reach the banks of the North Hykeham Pump Drain....

StephenWalker

I walked this route from Lincoln to Saxilby, having made use of the free car park at Saxilby station and catching the train to Lincoln. I think the route is better starting from Saxilby however, to get the boring road walking out of the way first....

JurassicWayfarers

Mix of public footpath, country lanes and some pavement alongside busier roads through Lincolnshire farmland. Some of the public footpaths weren’t well trodden and across ploughed fields, but generally well signposted. Chance for refreshments at the Coach and Horses in Faldingworth or numerous options in Nettleham....

Lucy Baker

It was raining for the first half of the journey so plenty of puddles but not a problem with decent footwear. Very pleasant walk with plenty of refreshment stops along the way....

Philip Le Marquand

I walked this from Metheringham to Lincoln with a stop in Nocton....

Philip Le Marquand

I walked most of this route from Saxilby to Lincoln, but used the more direct unsafe A57 crossing as per SAXLIN 1. Overall this is an excellent direct route, it is just a bit of a shame that the A57 was built without allowing enough space for a path to follow the Foss Dyke all the way into Saxilby....

Hugh Hudson

The route he/she describes is fine, but it needs to be drawn properly as a new route because the difference is a crucial one and the GPX file should lead the user to the safer path....

Hugh Hudson

This is a good route - I live on the route and regularly use sections of it, rain, shine or snow....

Walk_One

The route follows the Spires & Steeples waymarked footpath almost all the way. It would be possible to avoid by using the level crossing on the High Street and using Tentercroft Street to re-join the route, though it’s a fair diversion. This flat, level and tarmacked route is an easy walk down to Washingborough. The route as marked on the Slow Ways website and gpx file follows a footpath diagonally across a field to cross the railway at a pedestrian crossing. Instead use the road shortly before reaching this point to cross under the tracks, and then follow the footpath alongside the track to re-join the route....

JurassicWayfarers

(When the ditch meets the Witham the footpaths can be a little confusing - the signed path takes you away from the river through a farmyard and onto the busy Hykeham Road. It's not much of a detour but not particularly pleasant. Instead take the other, unsigned, path through a gate and between fences which takes you to the river bank.) Once you cross the very busy Newark Road go through the car park to the left of the Plough Inn and take the well surfaced Riverside Path which leads right into the centre of Lincoln....

jbeckton

It starts in Saxilby, and, admittedly, for the first mile or so it is pretty unpromising, following the busy A57 towards to Lincoln. This marks the start of the Foss Dyke Trail, an (almost) traffic-free path that goes virtually all the way to Lincoln City Centre along the side of the Foss Dyke, a canal that connects Lincoln to the River Trent. After the second of these, the Pyewipe Inn, it joins a very well surfaced National Cycle Network route for the rest of the way into Lincoln....

jbeckton