Tag: Guitar Lessons

Diary Of A Busker Day 366

Diary Of A Busker Day 366 Friday May 10th 2013 Winchester High Street, opposite Bellis/O2. Time: 12:55-2:30pm The sky’s cloudy for most of the time but the temperature is acceptable; 13 degrees (56 Fahrenheit). I set up a few feet from a Red Cross guy collecting money in a plastic bucket. Quite an old guy. These people are amiable enough… Read more →

Dairy Of A Busker Day 365

Diary Of A Busker Day 365 Thursday May 9th 2013 Winchester High Street, opposite Oxfam. Time: 1:48-3:18pm A very windy day – the weather has “changed,” as they say. I feel a bit of an idiot because I’m used to at least a couple of people sitting outside Maison Blanc, but there’s no one today. It gets off to a… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 364

Diary Of A Busker Day 364 Tuesday May 7th 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Vodafone. Time: 1:42-3:20pm 2. Opposite Oxfam. Time: 4-4:45pm A man says ‘You look like Tommy Emmanuel’, after which I inform him that Mr. Emmanuel is no less than SEVEN years older than me, if you don’t mind. But it reminds me that although I’m doing… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 362

Diary Of A Busker Day 362 Saturday May 4th 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam. Time: 1:45-3:47pm 2. Opposite Vodafone. Time: 4:25-6:05pm I’m most of the way through the first song, Albatross, when a woman comes over from the British Heart Foundation shop, across the street and asks if I can stop playing for a few minutes while they… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 360

Diary Of A Busker Day 360 Thursday May 2nd 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam. Time: 2:03-2:34pm 2. Opposite Bellis/O2. Time: 2:43-4:20pm 3. Opposite Vodafone. Time: 4:40-5:30pm I did really well here yesterday, so I thought I’d try to duplicate it today; same place, same weather, slightly later start. It was, of course, tempting fate. Five minutes after I… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 359

Diary Of A Busker Day 359 Wednesday May 3rd 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam. Time: 1:35-3:10pm 2. Opposite Bellis/O2. Time: 3:45-5:25pm The temperature is slightly warmer than yesterday but it’s just as windy. I sell a CD after half an hour and right after that, two women who’ve been sitting at a table come across and tell me… Read more →