Diary of a Busker

Diary Of A Busker day 2482 Friday January 17th 2024 Winchester.   Continuing the amp drama of yesterday…I read that it might be an idea to squirt some electronic cleaning spray into the on/off switch so I was up bright and early to go to D & G where I parted with £20 for a big bottle of the stuff… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 2481 Thursday January 16th 2024 Winchester.   Once again the top spot is free so once again the local shop owners are subjected to me…and I’m sure they will have been devastated my set is cut short but more of that later. An American man comes up and commits the unforgivable sin of talking to… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 2479 Tuesday January 14th 2024 Winchester.   I remembered to come prepared with everything today – sun cream on my face, hand warmers in coat pockets…and flask of coffee. Fortunately, the temperature is up a few degrees, at a staggeringly tropical 9 degrees…and the Buttercross is free. A bunch of young people stand nearby, chatting… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 2477 Sunday January 12th 2024 Winchester.   An almost tropical day, with temperatures reaching a sweltering FOUR degrees. I was in town in the morning and Rob was setting up at the top spot so I thought I’d give him a few hours and come back later, in the afternoon, but when I did, Gareth… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 2475 New Year’s Eve 2024 Winchester.   I got out during a break in the rain…the top spot was taken but down at the crossroads Meeta was about to go into Pret opposite for a break – it had, in fact, started drizzling ever so slightly but she won’t play if there’s any kind of… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 2473 Monday December 23rd 2024 Winchester.   I’ve brought the heavy artillery in today in the shape of the rarely-used Cube Street, for a bit of extra volume. Not quite 11 but definitely loud enough for The Square, which is strangely quiet for an afternoon two days before Christmas. I’ll soon change all that…and it… Read more →