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al missionary, a respected surgeon, Meg Ingram.

Patterson now lives near the Lanarkshire town of Lesmahagow, but still goes for long walks every day, continues to write, and recently gave a lecture at Cambridge University. His books on Tibet are being republished by the Long Riders Guild, the international association for equestrian explorers.

While Patterson has not visited Tibet since 1987, his views on the country’s fate at the hands of the Chinese are as strong as ever. “Time, millions of Chinese colonisers, and international unconcern will confirm their rape of Tibet,” he says.