Month: August 2024

Day 2429

Diary Of A Busker Day 2429 Friday August 30th 2024 Winchester.   Coming into the High Street late in the afternoon, there’s a girl strummer at the top spot…and Claire dancing in front of her! Well, I’m relieved she likes a variety of music and not just the old crap I play. I don’t go up to her – I… Read more →

Day 2428

Diary Of A Busker Day 2428 Thursday August 29th 2024 Winchester.   In town at the Buttercross, Don Lavelle’s doing his painting and there’s a band playing – The Hot House Combo. ‘They’re doing a gig at The Hyde tonight, they’ll just be another half hour’ says Don. I can’t wait that long so I get back on the bike,… Read more →

Day2425

Diary Of A Busker Day 2425 Saturday August 24th 2024 Winchester.   A late start – after 4 o’clock, due to surprise, sur-fucking-prise, the rain. But I was determined to get a set in, besides, I promised Claire I’d make it in today if there wasn’t rain, or whenever it stopped.  Once again, the top spot is free and today… Read more →

Day 2424

Diary Of A Busker Day 2424 Friday August 23rd 2024 Winchester.   The first time out for a few days due to inclement weather. The Buttercross is free…and who appears straight away as if she was hiding behind the monument just waiting for me to arrive? It’s Claire, the old lady who can dance for England. She was about the… Read more →

Day 2422

Diary Of A Busker Day 2433 Tuesday August 13th 2024 Winchester.   I mentioned the psychedelic double-neck a few days ago…so I decided to play it in town, and I’m pretty sure I only ever played it in town once before, which was just after the paint job was done which must have been 2011. Straight away, it got attention.… Read more →

Day 2419

Diary Of A Busker Day 2419 Friday August 9th 2024 Winchester.   First time out with an electric 12-string – the red Burns Double-Six. Tell a lie, I took the psychedelic double-neck out once, just after it was painted but that would have been in 2012 and so long ago it doesn’t count! There’s a young bloke singing opera stuff… Read more →