@Shella_in_the_Forum There are so many sits in U.K. and you have great reviews, so that puts you in a good position.
My own research has shown that the majority of sits are listed < 2 months before .
For example when I looked earlier this week, this was the number of U.K. hosts looking for sitters :
Sep 1258
Oct 1454
Nov 806
Dec 780
Jan 150
Feb 157
Mar 82
So my suggestion is to hold your nerve and wait until closer to your time of travel for the long sits to come up. As there will always be plenty of shorter sits.
U.K. Locations: Central London sits get 5 applications very quickly ….but sits in outer London and other cities like Cambridge ,York, Bath, Oxford, Portsmouth, Hastings , Edinburgh, Cardiff are frequently listed for several days/ weeks . These are all great cities to stay in and easy to travel to on public transport. Most of these places have listings now for this year , favourite them so that if the hosts go away at a similar time next year you will be notified .