Month: July 2012

Diary Of A Busker Day 257

Diary Of A Busker Day 257 Tuesday July 10th 2012 Reading, Broad Street 1. Opposite Mobile Phone and Handbag Store, Time: 10:25-10:31am, 2. Opposite Anne Summers, Time: 10:40-11:05am, 1:45-3:13pm, 3. Outside John Lewis, Time: 4-5:25pm Back in Reading for my penultimate acupuncture appointment, my day gets off to an annoying start. As I’ve got my guitar on my lap for… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 256

Diary Of A Busker Day 256 Saturday July 7th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 3:29-3:31pm, 2. Fire Exit – Debenhams, Time: 3:42-4:47pm, 3. Opposite Bellis, Time: 5:07-5:21pm It’s the first day of two, of the annual Winchester event, the Hat Fair, the (so-called) “celebration” of street theatre,” so there are a lot of people about, a lot… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 255

Diary Of A Busker Day 255 Thursday July 5th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 1:56-2:57pm, 2. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 3:27-4:53pm, 3. Opposite Bellis, Time: 5:20-6:35pm It’s been raining all week so I haven’t been out busking but it’s cleared up today and needs must. My first customer is a tall woman, not quite a regular, in that… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 254

Diary Of A Busker Day 254 Thursday June 28th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Bellis, Time: 1:40-3:10pm, 2. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 3:41-5:50pmI’ve been at my first spot for almost an hour when some guy starts shouting near The Buttercross, just up from me. I remember seeing him there yesterday when I was walking down the street. He’s got a… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 253

Diary Of A Busker Day 253 Wednesday June 27th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 2:48-3:59pm, 2. Opposite Vodafone, Time : 4:11-5:20pmWhen it’s not raining proper, it’s drizzling, stopping only occasionally, so I need some kind of shelter and all I can get is the somewhat shallow doorway of the Wellcome Gospel Hall, almost right opposite the Maison… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 252

Diary Of A Busker Day 252 Tuesday June 26th 2012 Reading, Broad Street  Opposite Mobile Phone & Handbag Shop, Time: 10:33am-12:38pm, 1:15-2:23pmBack in Reading for my 2nd visit to the College Of Integrated Chinese Medicine, I set up near where lounge pianist Tim Valentine was last week, where there are a lot of benches nearby with a lot of people… Read more →