If your Pilates class sends you a red chilli-pepper emoji as a warning, listen to it

There’s some over-ambitious packing that occurs on the eve of a work trip. Running shoes, gym kit, swimming trunks, canoe: all make their way into the suitcase. Days later, as I prepare to make the journey home again, I usually spot – among the chaos, the wriggle of worn hosiery and now-crumpled shi