Month: February 2011

Diary Of A Busker Day ~ 34

Diary Of A Busker Day 34 Saturday January 29th Winchester High Street (opposite WH Smiths, Time 2:55 – 5:25pm). Cold, cold – always cold! Nothing worth writing about for this session, apart from what I was doing before. Met Mr. Napier, the chief reporter from the Hampshire Chronicle. He likes some of the diary and it is arranged for some excerpts… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 33

Diary Of A Busker Day 33 Friday January 28th Winchester High Street (opposite WH Smiths, Time: 1:05-2:05pm). Freezing cold with a steady wind, like yesterday, but I could only stand an hour and picked up virtually no money – just over £2. Even so, I managed to squeeze in The Third Man a few times. A man comes up after… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 32

Diary Of A Busker Day 32 Thursday January 27th Winchester High Street (opposite WH Smiths, Time: 1 – 2:30pm). It really is getting cold! – the fingers get red, the hands turn purple, the breaks are becoming longer, the playing time is becoming shorter. It’s an exponential growth curve! During a break, a very old lady is ambling towards me… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 31

Diary Of A Busker Day 31 Thursday January 25th Winchester High Street (opposite WH Smiths, Time: 1:45 – 3:15pm). Played for an hour and a half with a four minute break after the hour, during which I counted the money – just under £10. So far so good, but made nothing over the next half hour. It then started raining,… Read more →