Category: Busking

Diary Of A Busker Day 2265 Tuesday November 14th 2023 Southampton city centre   Down near Bargate there seems to be a circus and Christmas market being set up: there’s a constant noise like a generator and a forklift truck which starts beeping when the bloke puts it in reverse. I’ll see how long I can bear it!…well, I bore… Read more →

  Diary Of A Busker Day 2255 Friday November 3rd 2023 The Buttercross Winchester   Due to incessant rain, I haven’t been out since doing 2 1/2 hours in Southampton on Monday but I need to brush up for the market at Salisbury on Sunday; One of the organisers – Sally Edwards, took my card a few weeks ago and… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 2253 Friday October 19th 2023 The Buttercross, Winchester.   Another day of intermittent rain, so I get out while I can. I’m not looking forward to the plane trip tomorrow; I think I’m going to snuff it, so I thought I’d try and get out and do one last entry. During the first number, Albatross,… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 2238 Tuesday September 26th 2023 Salisbury Market and Fish Row   It’s Tuesday in Salisbury which means Market Day and I set up next to that bloody horrible concrete platform in the corner. I’ve got The Ox Row and a load of other eateries on my right and a load of other eateries in front… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 2235 Friday September 22nd 2023 Winchester High Street, Outside Starbucks A 45 minute session down at the crossroads and I debut a new song, It Must Be Love, which I’ve been asked to play at a wedding near Alresford on October the 7th. I played it once with few mistakes, no donations forthcoming but so… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 2229 Saturday September 9th 2023 Winchester   A hot day – 30 degrees, the hottest this year apparently, but I can set up in the shade in The Square. Also set up are a load of fat multicoloured chalks for the usage of children and two in particular, a young girl of about 6 (family… Read more →