Category: Busking

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 →

Diary Of  A Busker Day 2465 Tuesday December 3rd 2024 Winchester.   First time back in almost a month, the absence due to bad weather and a brief holiday in Paris, Berlin and Brussels. I wonder if I’ve been missed. On arrival in town, Rob is finishing packing up at the top spot. I ask how it’s been. ‘Well, loads… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 2463 Tuesday November 5th 2024 Winchester.   My first visitor at the top spot – a couple in their 70s down from Manchester. After donating, the man says ‘You won’t believe this but her brother was one of the Wombles!’ Well, I was too gobsmacked to ask which one, I mean how often does that… Read more →

  Diary Of A Busker Day 2462 Monday November 4th 2024 Winchester.   I’m hoping for a better day than yesterday in The Square. I was there for an hour and a half and collected a mere £6.30.  Good luck so far, as The Buttercross is free. I’m unzipping the gigbag and a pair of stockinged legs appear and I… Read more →