Tag: Hampshire

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 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 →

Diary Of A Busker Day 303

Diary Of A Busker Day 303 Wednesday November 7th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Vodafone. Time: 1:15-2:35pm 2. Opposite Oxfam. Time: 2:57-4:25pm A man I recognise from a couple of weeks ago asks me if I’ve learnt his request yet. As I’ve obviously forgotten, I’ve got no idea what he’s talking about. He reminds me, ‘You said you’d learn… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 300

Diary Of A Busker Day 300 Friday October 26th 2012 London 1. In front of The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, Time: 5:45-6:12pm, 2. Hungerford Foot Bridge, Time: 6:42-7:13pmIt’s a funny thing, but looking back over the diary, whenever I come to a landmark day, I’m never in Winchester, even though 99% of all my playing is done there! It’s also… Read more →