Month: December 2024

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 →

Diary of A Busker day 2472 Sunday December 22nd 2024 Winchester.   A(nother) cold day, 6 degrees…and windy, which doesn’t help. There’s the omnipresent bunch of carol-singers-in-front-of-the-tree, so the Buttercross is out of bounds but there’s no one around the corner in The Square and that’ll do me until I freeze up, which won’t be long in this weather. I’ll… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 2470 Tuesday December 17th 2024 Winchester. It’s cold; 9 degrees but at least there’s no wind because if there was the slightest breeze, I’d be putting my hands in my pockets every ten minutes. The Buttercross is free – good, because I don’t feel like schleping around town on the bike, looking for a free… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 2469 Sunday December 15th 2024 Winchester.   Another day of almost tropical temperature, as it’s 10%. Amazingly, there’s no one at the top spot so I quickly set up. But what’s this? After half an hour, some middle-aged to elderly people with blue fleeces start gathering behind me on the monument steps and the frightening… Read more →

Diary Of  A Busker Day 2465 Tuesday December 3rd 2024 Winchester.   First time back in almost a month, the absence due to bad weather and a brief holiday in Paris, Berlin and Brussels. I wonder if I’ve been missed. On arrival in town, Rob is finishing packing up at the top spot. I ask how it’s been. ‘Well, loads… Read more →