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Talking Point

His love of walking was tested to

the limits recently when Mr Hinchliffe

took a trek in the Annapurna region of
the Himalayas, Nepal, for 12 days (six

days to trek to base camp, six days to
trek back). “My immediate thought

was just how incredibly big everything
seemed,” Mr Hinchliffe said of the

trek, which he embarked upon with his
wife and other family members. “It’s

just great, seeing how big the
mountains are, on this huge scale – it

was also very cold!”

This leisure hobby has also
influenced Mr Hinchliffe’s reading

habits as he explained he enjoys
reading about the different experiences

of trekkers. Mountains of the Mind by
Robert McFarlane, which shares tales

family home is on the south coast of abroad, accompanied by his wife and of mountain ascents, is one book which
Devon so I’m away from home Monday other relatives. “I absolutely love travel. I Mr Hinchliffe has enjoyed recently.

Mr Hinchliffe also told The Ship to Friday but I come home on weekends. enjoy different cultures because it’s part
Supplier he has developed a real passion This is a vast improvement to my of my job. My main hobbies are walking

for jazz, having built up a broad CD seagoing life when I would go away for and trekking (favourite locations include

collection from this genre. He also enjoys months at a time!”
Dartmoor) but I also enjoy sailing
Mr Hinchliffe also makes the most of the occasional night out at Ronnie Scott’s and keep a small boat which I use in
jazz club in Soho, London.
his holiday time, often going on treks
the summer.”
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