Month: April 2012

Diary Of A Busker Day 226

Diary Of A Busker Day 226 Thursday April 19th 2012 Winchester High Street Opposite Vodafone. Time: 1:45-3:25pm On the way down the high street I pass a young man playing a vibraphone – unusual for here. He has a card in front which says RUSSIAN STUDENT. He’s just down from The Buttercross so I can still hear him a bit… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 225

Diary Of A Busker Day 225 Wednesday April 18th 2012 Winchester High Street Opposite O2. Time: 2:53-4:13pmA windy day, with rain which keeps stopping/starting, starting/stopping… There are no other buskers out today (I don’t blame them) so I can go anywhere I want and as I want to keep all my stuff as dry as I can, I head for… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 224

Diary Of A Busker Day 224 Tuesday April 17th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Cheltenham & Gloucester Building Society, Time: 12:45-1:45pm, 2. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 2:10-3:03pmI’ve decided to put together a photo album of some of the people – my regulars – I meet out on the street. The other day I took photos of Harry The Dutchman, Dangerous… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 223

Diary Of A Busker Day 223 Friday April 13th 2012 Winchester High Street Opposite Vodafone, Time: 2:40-5:14pmThere are lots of parents and children out today. I’m watched by three girls, aged 3 to 6, I reckon, for twenty minutes. They’re all eating ice-creams they’ve got from the ice-cream guy who’s right across from me. The smallest has it all running… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 222

Diary Of A Busker Day 222 Wednesday April 11th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite British Heart Foundation, Time: 1:45-3:15pm, 2. Opposite O2, Time: 3:42-4:08pmEntering the High Street, I pass a bagpiper busker outside Barclays Bank. I’ve seen him a couple of other times over the past year and I think it’s good to hear something unusual here, but he… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 221

Diary Of A Busker Day 221 Saturday April 7th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Reflex – just closed down, Time: 1:23-2:38pm, 2. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 2:55-3:55pmI’m again banished to the outer reaches but I’m fortunate to receive a donation right at the start, from Carol, my hard-of-hearing regular from The North. I thank her. ‘How are you, pet?’ ‘I’m… Read more →