Category: Busking

Diary Of A Busker Day 2538 Tuesday May 6th 2025 Winchester.   There was no one at The Buttercross but it’s in the shade and it’s not too warm a day so I opt out of setting up there. But the crossroads are free and in the sun. The only competition for “trade” are the two young Hare Krishna blokes… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 2536 Saturday May 3rd 2025 Winchester.    As I was coming into the high street, Casandra said ‘Gareth’s working his magic at the moment’ – and he was, at The Buttercross…well, he hadn’t started his act yet, he was just starting to get people to stop. I think this takes him the same amount of… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 2535 Friday May 2nd 2025 Winchester.   Yesterday was 25 degrees – the hottest day this year so far and today is 23 and it takes me a long time to get accustomed to, mainly due to my fingers expanding in the heat, which is something that hasn’t happened for months. It’s only when I’m… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 2532 Monday April 28th 2025 Winchester.   The temperature has finally got to 20 degrees and should stay like that for the foreseeable future (like hell it will). The bald bloke who always seems to be doing Your Song when I come into town is at the top spot…The Square looks pretty dead…no one at… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 2530 Friday April 25th 2025 Chichester.   Back to Chidester, as the locals call it, and unusually there’s no one at the top spot, Chichester’s butterless Cross. I don’t even bother looking around North or East Street, as this’ll do fine. Coinage is slow to start but picks up after an hour or so. A… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker day 2529 Thursday April 24th 2025 Winchester.   For the third day on the trot, no one at the top spot so it’s mine, all mine! I open with La Vie En Rose then it’s Waterloo Sunset and a little bit better than yesterday, thank fuck. I’ve now come up with an approximation of the end… Read more →