Diary Of A Busker Day 316 Sunday January 13th 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Bellis. Time: 2:57-3:26pm 2. Opposite Vodafone. Time: 3:58-4:43pm A very cold day, accentuated by a slight wind – the ‘wind-chill factor’, as I believe it’s known in meteorological circles/television weather reports. In fact, I’ve been playing when my hands have pretty much had enough. Just… Read more →
Author: Marvin
Diary Of A Busker Day 315
Diary Of A Busker Day 315 Friday January 11th 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Vodafone. Time: 2:10-3:45pm 2. Opposite Bellis. Time: 4:38-5pm 3. Opposite Oxfam Time: 5:07-5:40pm The return to the High Street of Demelza Stafford. I haven’t seen her for months, in fact, not since the day before she was to audition for Madame Butterfly in Bracknell. She’s… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 314
Diary Of A Busker Day 314 Tuesday January 2nd 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Corner of Marks & Spencer. Time: 10:42-12:10pm 2. Opposite Vodafone. Time: 3:05-4:12pm An unusually early start today as I fancy doing two sessions, however, I want to come home in-between, to warm up and have some soup; a proper lunch break. I start up with Somewhere… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 313
Diary Of A Busker Day 313 Wednesday January 2nd 2013 Winchester High Street, opposite Vodafone. Time: 4:12-5:30pm A sad day. It was 4:45. I’d been playing for almost 40 minutes and doing OK – lots of coinage from young children out with their parents (one lady requested Stardust; I’ll ‘look into it’ I said) and the temperature wasn’t too cold… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 312
Diary Of A Busker Day 312 Saturday December 22nd 2012 Winchester High Street, opposite Oxfam. Time: 12:17-1:54pm, 3:30-4:15pm Finally, a mild day with no wind, and my poor hands are certainly grateful. The whole street’s full of the usual; part-time Christmas buskers, brass trios/quartets, groups of carol singers – mainly teenage girls, clarinettists – all teenage girls. I plonk my… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 311
Diary Of A Busker Day 311 Thursday December 20th 2012 Winchester High Street, opposite Bellis. Time: 5:20-6:52pm I come into town during a break in the rain although by the time I arrive it had started again, moderately…moderate rain! So it was a good thing there was no one – not even the omnipresent pack of carollers – near The… Read more →