Where I come to
York, and about fifteen miles of what surrounds it.
Two different distances, for two different reasons. Drop-in visits stay close because I have to get between them twice a day. Overnight stays can usually be booked up to about fifteen miles from York, because once I’m at your house I’m there for the night.
Visits and overnights, within about five miles
York · Acomb · Clifton · Fulford · Heslington · Bishopthorpe · Huntington · Rawcliffe · Poppleton · Haxby · Wigginton · Copmanthorpe · Dunnington
Two visits a day, £15 for 30 minutes or £22 for an hour, only works if the driving between houses stays short. That is the whole reason for the five miles.
Overnights only, out to about fifteen miles
Strensall · Stamford Bridge · Tadcaster · Easingwold · Pocklington · Wetherby
Because I stay at your home, I can travel further for an overnight booking than I can for daytime visits, at the same £50 a night.
Not on the list
Ask anyway. Some addresses just outside are a shorter drive than places on the list, and some are not.
I’ll tell you whether it works. There is no travel surcharge. Whether I can take a booking further out is a question of what else is in the diary that week.
The things that change a visit
Worth mentioning when you send your dates.
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Parking and permits
A good number of streets inside the walls are permit-only, and a half-hour visit stops being half an hour if ten minutes of it is spent circling. Tell me when I come round what the parking is really like on your road and whether there’s a visitor permit, and I’ll build the real journey into the visit times.
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Terraced streets and access
Plenty of terraces here have no side access and no front garden, which changes how getting in works. Tell me when I come round what your door, your gate and your neighbours are really like, and we’ll agree an arrangement that suits the house.
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Getting out to the villages
The outer places on the list are a straight dual-carriageway run, which is exactly why an overnight can reach them and two drop-in visits a day can’t. Holiday weekends on the A64 add real minutes, so if your dates fall on one, say so early.
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Bin days and post
Different parts of the city collect on different days, and a bin left out for a week is the clearest possible sign that a house is empty. Tell me your collection day and which bin, and it goes in the care notes with the post and the lamps.
If you’re just outside, ask.
The radius is a rule of thumb. Send me your postcode with your dates and I’ll tell you whether I can do it properly. I usually reply the same day.
Why the radius is what it is
It is the distance I can reach reliably in bad weather and heavy traffic. Your animal should be fed at the time we agreed, not two hours later because I was optimistic about a journey.
Which service you are after
See all pricesWhichever it is, I come round to meet everybody first. What the first visit involves, and the questions people ask before booking. Skye and I do a lot of York Community Woodland on our own time, so most of these roads are familiar.
Send me your postcode and your dates.
Tell me where you are and what animals you have. I usually reply the same day, and if you’re outside the areas above I’ll say so.
What happens next
I reply to say whether the dates are free.
We talk it through, then I come round to meet you and your animals.
The visit is free, and you book after it if you are happy.