This is the question all non-travellers want to ask people away for a year. What about clothes? Can you really fit them all in one backpack?

“Oh it’s a skill,” says Kate. “You just have to travel really light!”

“It helps if you’re going to hot countries, because then it’s lighter stuff. You have to prepare to get really sick of your wardrobe because you will be wearing the same things all the time.”

“Of course, you can always pack barely anything and make it all things that you don’t care about throwing away. Then after a few months go to a market somewhere and buy a whole wardrobe for about five pounds and change it all over.”

“Most importantly, roll everything! Don’t fold, that’s how everything fits in the backpack, that’s the secret.”