Diary Of A Busker Day 495 Friday January 17th 2014 Winchester (1. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 1:40-1:58pm, 2. Opposite Bellis, Time: 2:03-3:05pm). The order of the day – and of the last few – is: a lot of rain, coming down suddenly and often quite ferociously, then stopping suddenly, then a dry bit for a few minutes, then rain again, and… Read more →
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Diary Of A Busker Day 491
Diary Of A Busker Day 491 Saturday January 11th 2014 Winchester (1. Next to Creative Crafts, The Square, Time: 11:20-1:20pm, 2. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 1:56-2:47pm). There’s a guy banging on a guitar and singing. He’s got a P.A. and he’s way too loud. I go through the alleyway, past the restaurants. I could set up here: there are a few… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 490
Diary Of A Busker Day 490 Wednesday January 8th 2014 Winchester (Opposite Bellis/O2, Time: 3:17-4:55pm). Another rainy day – actually, it’d been dry until I started walking in – typical! I start with something I’ve never started with before: the 1st. Gnossienne, in keeping with the downcast weather. In fact I keep it pretty much ‘down’ for awhile: Ne Me… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 489
Diary Of A Busker Day 489 Tuesday January 7th 2014 Winchester (Opposite Vodafone, Time: 2:17-3:50pm). Near the end of the second song – Girl, one of my nameless regulars – a woman, late 60s: which seems to be the average age of my ‘fans’ – comes up and says ‘I knew it was you’, which I take as a compliment.… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 487
Diary Of A Busker Day 487 Thursday January 2nd 2014 (Opposite Bellis/O2, Time: 4:07-5:39pm). First outing of the year. On leaving the house, the weather’s fine: blue sky…which – wouldn’t you know it – darkens considerably as I’m walking into town, and again – wouldn’t you know it – starts raining before the end of the first song – Albatross.… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 479
Diary Of A Busker Day 479 Wednesday November 27th 2013 Winchester (1. The Butter Cross, Time: 2:05-3:05pm, 2. Next to The Slug & Lettuce, Time: 3:57-5:07pm). Man, I was in a fowl mood yesterday – I was just reading some of it. Delia must have thought ‘What a miserable so-and-so’. But I was really worried and depressed about the hearing.… Read more →