Monday is a rest day but that doesn’t mean I can rest. I have a dog, Barney, and he still needs walking. Every night we walk from 30 mins to an hour and normally he leads the way. He decides which directions to go when we leave the house and walks tend to develop from there. Except for the last two months. Instead, all walks are dictated by random women throughout the UK. Mrs TwinBikeRun has being selling some old clothes on Vinted, an app that specialises in selling clothes. 

Each time Mrs TwinBikeRun makes a sale, the buyer can select from several options, including InPost, Evri and RoyalMail. Depending on what they choose we have to drop off the clothes in a separate location. So now instead of asking  Barney where he wants to go we’re now dropping parcels off instead.

“Where will we go tonight?”

“Well, Sandra from Ipswhich has selected Evri for her pink blouse from Reiss so that means we’re going to Tesco.”

But the next night:

“Cheryl from Maidstone wants InPost. We need to go to the BP garage!”

I assume this is what it’s like to use an online coach. You know what you need to do – run, bike, swim or, in our case, walk the dog – but how you do it is completely controlled by a stranger on the internet.