Tag: Guitar Lessons

Diary Of A Busker Day 316

Diary Of A Busker Day 316 Sunday January 13th 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Bellis. Time: 2:57-3:26pm 2. Opposite Vodafone. Time: 3:58-4:43pm A very cold day, accentuated by a slight wind – the ‘wind-chill factor’, as I believe it’s known in meteorological circles/television weather reports. In fact, I’ve been playing when my hands have pretty much had enough. Just… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 315

Diary Of A Busker Day 315 Friday January 11th 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Vodafone. Time: 2:10-3:45pm 2. Opposite Bellis. Time: 4:38-5pm 3. Opposite Oxfam Time: 5:07-5:40pm The return to the High Street of Demelza Stafford. I haven’t seen her for months, in fact, not since the day before she was to audition for Madame Butterfly in Bracknell. She’s… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 314

Diary Of A Busker Day 314 Tuesday January 2nd 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Corner of Marks & Spencer. Time: 10:42-12:10pm 2. Opposite Vodafone. Time: 3:05-4:12pm An unusually early start today as I fancy doing two sessions, however, I want to come home in-between, to warm up and have some soup; a proper lunch break. I start up with Somewhere… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 313

Diary Of A Busker Day 313 Wednesday January 2nd 2013 Winchester High Street, opposite Vodafone. Time: 4:12-5:30pm A sad day. It was 4:45. I’d been playing for almost 40 minutes and doing OK – lots of coinage from young children out with their parents (one lady requested Stardust; I’ll ‘look into it’ I said) and the temperature wasn’t too cold… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 307

Diary Of A Busker Day 307 Friday November 16th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Vodafone. Time: 12:49-1:53pm 2. Opposite Bellis. Time: 2:11-3:03pm I’m visited by Carol of The North – ‘I’m thinking of having my tea outside today’ she says. ‘Outside?…well I hope you enjoy it, it’s a bit cold for me.’ ‘Ah, you forget where I’m from’ she… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 304

Diary Of A Busker Day 304 Friday November 9th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Bellis. Time: 1:05-2:22pm 2. Opposite Vodafone. Time: 2:38-3:12pm About an hour in, I’m pretty much warmed up so I make an attempt on the dreaded Requerdos De La Alhambra…which goes OK I think, considering this damn hand problem. At the end, I wonder where Ian… Read more →