Diary Of A Busker Day 410 Thursday July 18th Chichester/Winchester (1. Opposite Marks & Spencer, North Street, Chichester, Time: 12:03-12:57pm, 2. Opposite Bellis, High Street, Winchester, Time: 3:14-5:34pm). I finally took Tony’s advice – ‘travel, make a name for yourself’, and got on the train (that’s one down!) to Chichester. And who is the first person I see as I… Read more →
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Diary Of A Busker Day 409
Diary Of A Busker Day 409 Wednesday July 17th Winchester High Street (1. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 1:35-3:15pm, 2. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 3:53-5:10pm). A good start: after the second song – Londonderry Air, or Danny Boy, or whatever it’s called, a man on a disability scooter, who’d been listening on the other side of the bin I was next to, gave… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 408
Diary Of A Busker Day 408 Tuesday July 16th Winchester High Street (1. Opposite Bellis, Time: 12:12-1:12pm, 2. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 1:23-2:26pm, 3. Opposite Bellis, Time: 2:50-4:10pm). There are four Greenpeace charity blokes, or, to use that silly modern word – chuggers, all quite close together, around the Butter Cross area. As I plonk my bags down, the one with… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 407
Diary Of A Busker Day 407 Monday July 15th Winchester High Street (Opposite Oxfam, Time: 2:18-3:05pm). A few hours before I went in to play – only a short set as there’s a lesson at 3:45 – there were a few about, including the 2 ukelele girls, and also some kid with a violin, raking it in. In fact, I… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 406
Diary Of A Busker Day 406 Sunday July 14th Winchester High Street (Opposite Bellis, Time: 3:25-5:15pm). Another very warm day – 24 degrees, but I’m able to get in the shade. I wasn’t sure whether to come in or not, as Sunday can be a bit dodgy, money-wise. But it turned out to be a good idea as I made… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 405
Diary Of A Busker Day 405 Saturday July 13th Winchester (1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 1:54-3:54pm, 2. Next to The Slug And Lettuce, Time: 4:13-5:40pm). And once again it’s choc-a-bloc with buskers. At The Butter Cross: a man singing and playing the Skyfall theme on an electronic keyboard. Then, down a bit, the same young guy who was decimating Imagine, yesterday… Read more →