Author: Marvin

Diary Of A Busker Day 2477 Sunday January 12th 2025 Winchester.   An almost tropical day, with temperatures reaching a sweltering FOUR degrees. I was in town in the morning and Rob was setting up at the top spot so I thought I’d give him a few hours and come back later, in the afternoon, but when I did, Gareth… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 2475 New Year’s Eve 2024 Winchester.   I got out during a break in the rain…the top spot was taken but down at the crossroads Meeta was about to go into Pret opposite for a break – it had, in fact, started drizzling ever so slightly but she won’t play if there’s any kind of… Read more →

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 →

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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 →