Diary Of A Busker Day 156 Thursday September 15th Winchester High Street (1. opposite The Body Shop, Time: 2:55-5:28pm, 2. opposite Oxfam, Time: 5:58-6:36pm). Unusually, I decide to begin the day at the busier (but vehicle noise-free) part of the High Street. A young busker – I think this is Ben, whose Gibson one pickup guitar I played recently, stops… Read more →
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Diary Of A Busker Day ~ 130
Diary Of A Busker Day 130 Wednesday July 13th Winchester High Street (1. outside Debenhams, Time: 11:25-1:15pm, 2. opposite Phase Eight, Time: 1:42-3:15pm). I walk past a guy doing big coloured drawings on the pavement in front of The Buttercross, and a bit further down there’s Frank the accordion man who tells me he’s just had an argument with the “pavement… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 87
Diary Of A Busker Day 87 Tuesday April 26th Winchester High Street (1. corner of Marks And Spencer, Time: 1:35-3:50pm, 2. opposite Clinton Cards, Time: 4:21-6:08pm.) Three days of no busking (buskless?) seems like a long time these days and it took awhile to get back in the swing, as it were. The weather was agreeable – not too… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 77
Diary Of A Busker Day 77 Friday April 8th Winchester High Street (1. opposite Clarks, Time: 1:05-3:10pm, 2. corner of Marks And Spencer, Time: 3:58-5:07pm, 3. opposite WH Smiths, Time: 5:12-6:20pm.) A day spent zigzagging around the high street, but that doesn’t mean there was alot of arduous travelling – the different busking places are only a minute’s walk, if… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day ~ 69
Diary Of A Busker Day 69 Tuesday March 29th Winchester High Street (1. corner of Marks And Spencer, Time: 1:28-3pm, 4:45-5:15pm, 2. opposite WH Smiths, Time: 3:05-4:05pm.) I set up and collect £2 almost straight away then it starts to rain. I rig down and take shelter opposite near Bertie the flowerman who again asks me where I’m from.… 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 →