Author: Marvin

Day 2726 Saturday August 8th 2026 Winchester Back to old Blighty and although it’s still hot here, at 25 degrees, it’s nothing compared to Vienna, which was just under 40 for the whole time we were there. My usual weekend spot in The Square has been taken over by a young bloke singing to a guitar so it’s down to… Read more →

Day 2725 Sunday August 2nd 2026 Winchester Another Sunday in The Square and another hot day, though, at 26, a bit cooler than usual. No jacket these days, just a yellow Reiss linen shirt and a new pair of white trousers from TK Maxx in town. Coinage started off fine with a few pound coins within the first five minutes… Read more →

Day 2724 Thursday July 30th 2026 Winchester Late into town…not much happening in The Square…the flower seller’s alley is free but there are three down and outs sitting on the steps inside making a bit of a racket. One is making a sort of didgeridoo noise on something. Back up to the Buttercross and I decide to set up where… Read more →

Day 2723 Tuesday July 28th 2026 Southampton Back to the big city and I’m lucky because there’s no one playing anywhere so I can set up in the shade of the massive canopy covering the entrance to the mall. This is very good because it’s another hot day and there’s no way I’m setting up in the sun – this… Read more →

Day 2722 Thursday July 23rd Winchester I’m doing a quick dust of the guitar before plugging it, when I get my first visitor – a woman in, I’m guessing, her early 70’s. ‘Ooh, I like seeing people keeping things clean and shiny. You don’t often see that now’ she says. ‘Well, if it’s something that was shiny when you bought… Read more →

Day 2721 Tuesday July 21st 2026 Southampton It’s been awhile since I trekked down south, definitely not since I’ve rebooted the sound, which was timely to say the least because there’s some loud happening outside the mall entrance involving fire, which means I’m in the middle of the road up at the top facing down. And a trip here wouldn’t… Read more →