Diary Of A Busker Day 58 Thursday March 10th Winchester High Street (1. corner of Marks And Spencer, Time: 12:23-1:50pm, 3-4:45pm, 2. opposite Clinton Cards, Time: 2:10-2:50pm.) At the noisy corner again, with the whistling flowerman just across the way. As I start to play, he motions for me to turn up – I don’t often get this from people!… Read more →
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Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 53
Diary Of A Busker Day 53 Friday March 4th Winchester High Street (1. opposite Clinton Cards, Time: 12-12:30pm, 2. corner of Marks And Spencer, Time: 3:05-6:05pm) Six hours is a long time to be busking (or doing anything!) out in the cold, even with a half-hour toilet/warming hands break. The feet take alot longer to warm up – at… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 50
Diary Of A Busker Day 50 Monday February 28th Winchester High Street opposite WH Smiths, Time: 11:50-1:10pm. Weather-wise, the past week had been mild, however it’s all back to normal now – In other words, cold temperature, cold wind and breaks from playing every twenty minutes to warm my poor cold hands in my coldpockets. Just after I started, Alfie… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 49
Diary Of A Busker Day 49 Thursday February 24th Winchester High Street 1. corner of Marks And Spencer, Time: 1:40-2:40pm, 2. opposite WH Smiths, Time: 3:40-5:30pm. A remarkable day – in that there was nothing remarkable about it, apart from sandwiching a visit to the nearby surgery – an ear appointment with Nurse Claire at 3 o’clock – between two sessions. Therefor,… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 48
Diary Of A Busker Day 48 Wednesday February 23rd Winchester High Street opposite WH Smiths, Time: 2:03-6:15pm. A landmark day money-wise, as I was able to take home just over £50 for just over four hours playing. I normally don’t get anywhere near this amount – the crowd are in a collectively generous mood today. Be more collectively generous –… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 46
Diary Of A Busker Monday February 21st Winchester High Street (corner of Marks And Spencer, Time: 12:30-5:35pm). As often happens, I come into town intending to do a mere two hours and end up doing quite a bit more. The weather was overcast – it’s never undercast, and it began to drizzle a number of times, making me decide to… Read more →