Category: Busking

Diary Of A Busker Day 2324 Wednesday March 13th 2024 Winchester High Street.   Nine days ago, after doing an hour, I went to stand up off the stool and the pain in my lower back on the left side was so excruciating, I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t bend down to pack up, I had to kneel on the… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 2318 Sunday March 3rd 2024 The Square, Winchester.   The usual suspects are about; Rob at the top spot and Meeta down at the crossroads, so it’s The Square, where I haven’t been for some time. A cold day but no chance of rain, which is saying something. I need to sort this fucking useless… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 2315 Saturday February 24th 2024 Winchester    Arriving at the Buttercross, Don Lavelle’s at work on his Winchester Bakery painting. ‘You’ve got till one o’clock til the rain starts’ he says.That means I’ve got about an hour and 20 minutes – long enough because it’s not warm and I’d need a break by then, anyway.… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 2314 Friday February 23rd 2024 Winchester High Street   Bloody rain all the time these days. I got out during a break; it looked I’d got an hour before it started again. In the high street, opposite the Buttercross, Don Lavelle was on the bench having a break from his latest; a painting of the… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 2312 Monday February 19th 2024 Winchester High Street   There’s a girl singing and strumming in The Pentice just down from the Buttercross. She’s got a sign advertising her gig at The Railway. I can’t be bothered schlepping down to the crossroads so doubleback up to near Jewry Street. For the first 20 minutes, a… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 2310 Sunday February 11th 2024 Winchester High Street   At the top spot, a man who has been coming by for the past year or so, shows up. In fact he was about yesterday. I don’t know his name but he likes the faster numbers and seems to get a kick out of dancing about.… Read more →