Identical twins who had anxiety so crippling that walking to the end of the street was ‘a challenge’ are now unlikely full-time travel bloggers – with tens of thousands of followers.

Claire and Laura Jopson, 36, from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, had struggled with poor mental health since their schooldays, but discovered that travelling was just the therapy they needed. Along with becoming mothers, it has helped make their world ‘bigger and bigger’.

The pair still get anxious about travelling. They