Author: Marvin

Diary Of A Busker Day 2612 Tuesday October 14th 2025 Winchester.   That was hard work. Two hours and ten minutes at The Buttercross with the 12-string and all for a mere £15.51. It was 45 minutes before the first donation; bad enough but after that, I thought it would pick up a bit. Well, it did but not “up”… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 2611 Friday October 10th 2025 Winchester.   It’s Friday so it’s The Two Henrys at the top spot and I catch them in between songs and make a point of looking at their coinage/noteage and I bet there’s close to £200 in that guitar case. This provides the introduction to our short chat. Me –… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker day 2610 Wednesday October 8th 2025 Winchester.   Not ten minutes into the set at The Buttercross with the 12-string and I’m in trouble. The trouble is my left hearing aid, which has just done the descending four-note arpeggio indicating it’s about to conk out…and silly me, I haven’t got a reserve supply of batteries. Three… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 2609 Tuesday October 7th 2025 Winchester.   I wanted to give The Buttercross a rest so I was planning to set up at the Nando’s spot but there was a bloke sitting down playing a penny whistle opposite Sainsbury’s so that was out…I opted for the crossroads spot. I had the white Gretsch with the… Read more →

Dairy Of A Busker Day 2608 Monday October 6th 2025 Winchester.   Walking the bike into the high street I was approached by a young man, one of the current “chuggers”. He complimented me on my bike – ‘Wow, that’s great. I used to have one of those.’ He then asked me what sort of music I played so I… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 2606 Saturday October 4th 2025 Winchester.   I wasn’t out and about yesterday because it was too rainy and windy. Well, the rain’s stopped (almost) today but it’s still windy. It has to be windy if it blows that heavy Pashley bike over, which it did. In town, that Christian bloke with the speaker was… Read more →