LuckOrJudgement 437 Posted July 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Nicepix said: Same over here in France. It's gone crazy on the moles. Funny thing is I'm looking to retire in a couple of years time and so have stopped taking on any new business. I haven't advertised for over 18 months either but new enquiries are still finding me. I've declined 9 since the start of June. If only I were younger I'm struggling to keep up myself! Funny, two of my very best customers are French, and the sight of mole hills sends one of them towards a nervous breakdown and the other into an indignant rage. I'm guessing La Taupe is a national obsession over the channel... 1 Quote Link to post
Nicepix 5,650 Posted July 10, 2020 Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 1 minute ago, LuckOrJudgement said: I'm struggling to keep up myself! Funny, two of my very best customers are French, and the sight of mole hills sends one of them towards a nervous breakdown and the other into an indignant rage. I'm guessing La Taupe is a national obsession over the channel... I have had Canadians, Americans, Australians, Belgians, Dutch, Germans, Irish and Brits, but only one French customer, a farmer. The locals round here don't seem to mind moles hence the lack of professional mole trappers. At first I advertised on a freeads site but never got a response from the French. It was only when I put an advert in a magazine for ex-pats that the business took off. When touring I've passed through vast areas without the sign of a molehill. Fortunately I don't live in one of them 1 Quote Link to post
DIDO.1 20,851 Posted October 12, 2020 Report Share Posted October 12, 2020 How many wasp nests are we all finishing on? Quote Link to post
Ratmanwan3 85 Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 Poor for me this year. I've done about 220. Still odd ones coming in but I normally get alot more from the festival sites and obviously they've all been cancelled this year. Quote Link to post
DIDO.1 20,851 Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 I've done about 180 Quote Link to post
Ratmanwan3 85 Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 How does that compare? Are you up or down on last year. Quote Link to post
LuckOrJudgement 437 Posted October 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 Been my best year ever, here in currently raining north Essex. Quote Link to post
DIDO.1 20,851 Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 On 13/10/2020 at 11:38, Ratmanwan3 said: How does that compare? Are you up or down on last year. Down. Quote Link to post
comanche 2,799 Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 I haven't tallied-up yet but l feel numbers wise it's been a reasonable year for nests,but strange. The Season started early,first proper brood nest the size of an orange ,26th April. Then several nests a week all through May. Apart from two manic weeks l haven't been working until dusk like l often do in Summer but it's been comfortably steady and the hours have been so much more civilised . As well as an early start to The Season it seems to be still ticking along,with nests still coming to light. I always reckon Bonfire night is the cut-off point when the gear is put away for winter. Even then l've been caught out and had to drag it from hibernation . Quote Link to post
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