Author: Marvin

Day 2712 Saturday July 4th 2026 Winchester Don Lavelle is up and about, looking like he’s nearing the end of a painting of the sidestreet opposite the Nat West Bank. ‘Now Marvin, you’re a technical guy, what if you made a three dimensional graph of all your busking sessions? What time of day, where you set up, the weather, how… Read more →

Day 2711 Wednesday July 1st 2026 Winchester Down at the same spot as yesterday. In fact, I was here this morning because last week I bought some lilies and despite what the woman said, they turned out to be aroma-less. So I came in to complain – there was a different woman there today – and apparently I was given… Read more →

Day 2710 Tuesday June 30th 2026 Winchester A slow start down at the vacant flower seller’s spot…then fiver pops in…then another one. Yippee! This is from a woman from Finland who’d (obviously) not seen me before. Then a woman who’d been clapping to the odd tune on the bench opposite, comes over and hands me a tenner – saying ‘Oh,… Read more →

Day 2709 Sunday June 28th 2026 Winchester The heat wave now over (it lasted from last Monday through to Friday…well, it was a couple of degrees cooler yesterday but still 27-29), I’m back at the traditional Sunday spot in The Square. As I’m setting up, a little boy asks ‘What are you doing?’ ‘Well, I’m going to play my guitar.’… Read more →

Day 2708 Sunday June 21st 2026 Winchester The traditional Sunday spot in The Square is free but there’s not much shade and even less as the afternoon progresses – it’s 29 degrees and I’m not going to suffer THAT much for my art, so I think I’ll pass on that for today…much to the relief of the Hambledon arse, I’m… Read more →

Day 2704 Wednesday June 17th 2026 Winchester Firstly, there’s a gear upgrade. I’ve got fed up with that new Hartwood amp. It’s nice and small but it can’t seem to handle the 12-string and is distorting at quite a low volume. And I was comparing it with the much bigger Cube Street yesterday, with both guitar and vocal mic in… Read more →