Friday, January 14th will be the opening hike for a series of Friday winter walkabout hikes on the Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway.  On the 14th, starting in Springfield, NH, at Baptist Pond, the walk will go past Snow Bound Farm and Star Lake Farm to NH 114.  Distance 4.1 miles.  Time c. 3 hours.  An easy walk or snowshoe.  This is SRK Greenway Section #4 in the SRKG Trail Guide. This starter hike/walk is followed on 21st January with a moderate, woodsy hike in Newbury from Chalk Pond to Newbury and its Lake Sunapee Harbor.  Subsequent Fridays will get longer and more difficult. The idea is to hike sections of the SRK Greenway every Friday through March 18th, although not necessarily in section sequence. IF INTERESTED: Reply to geecubed@yahoo.com for info on time and place. Lee Carvalho of Andover and Gerry Gold of New London are co-leaders for the time being.  There are 10 Fridays and do not plan to complete all 14 sections this winter. It’s been a few years since a planned Winter Walkabout of the Greenway’s 14 sections was last announced.  Aside from the exceptionally impressive certificate awarded to hikers who complete the circuit in winter, the trails and hills and valleys (and road walks) have special beauty and vistas in winter. These Friday hikes are open to Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway Coalition “friends and family” looking to begin or complete the SRK Greenway in winter, or just looking for winter hiking partners.  Feel free to forward to other likely hikers. For more details on the trail sections and the SRK Greenway look at www.srkg.com and the "SRKG Trail Guide" (sold in Warner Bookends and in New London at Village Sports and Morgan Hill Books).  For this season’s SRKGC schedule of weekend hikes click on http://www.srkg.com/winter_schedule_2011.htm.