Well I know I don’t do many posts, but that’s usually because things are pretty hectic. That is still true, however I thought I’d bring things up to date as a few things have happened recently and it’s as good a place to write about them as anything.
Busy periods
As in previous years, demand is extremely high for the Stockport Schools’ Whit holiday (24th May – 4th June 2025) and for the summer holidays in particular.
That first week in June is now completely fully booked (it’s traditionally the busiest week of the year) and August is getting rather packed now, so if you’re planning on being away during the school summer holidays then let me know as soon as possible else risk missing out.
A pause on new customers
The eagle-eyed of you will see that on the contact page, I’ve temporarily removed the contact form.
I am a one-person business and the truth is that things are already rather busy at the moment. After last year’s madness, I don’t want to over-commit or over-promise my time, especially in the light of family commitments and health matters.
I’ll review things as the year progresses so do check back periodically.
An FAQ section
I get asked the same questions over and over, so thought it was worth giving a written answer to some of these.
You’ll find them on the contact page, but just in case you saw this first, here they are:
- I offer a visiting service only and do not board animals, regardless of what Google Search likes to try to tell you………!
- I do not sit or walk dogs. The service I offer doesn’t really work for our canine companions and I’d prefer you to find a more appropriate service for their care and well-being.
- My visits will fall during my office hours. Morning visits are usually between 9am – 12 noon. Afternoon visits are usually between 3pm – 6pm.
- Whilst I will try to accommodate requests (within those office hours), I am unable to guarantee the timing of my visits as it depends on the other visits I have to make (and I can generally only be in one place at any given time!)
- My current prices are shown on the ‘price‘ tab on the website. Asking me directly what my prices are won’t yield a different figure!
- Due to the travel costs, both in fuel and in time, I can only cover the areas shown on the website. To put it into perspective, I can often be driving 60+ miles per day in the peak holiday periods which roughly translates to about 3 hours daily sat behind the wheel getting to and from jobs, and that is in covering an radius of only about 4 miles from home!
I hope this is useful to you and that you are having a good year thus far.
Take care
Simeon (& Cleo)
