Diary Of A Busker Day 61 Wednesday March 16th Winchester High Street (opposite WH Smiths, Time: 1:55-5:50pm). A cold and windy day, so it was back to normal or SNAFU, as they used to say in the war. Oh well, one must get on with it! I open the proceedings with a (despite the weather) somewhat chirpy rendition of… Read more →
Tag: The Third Man
Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 60
Diary Of A Busker Day 60 Tuesday March 15th Winchester High Street (1. opposite WH Smiths, Time: 4:05-5pm, 2. corner of Marks And Spencer, Time: 5:10-6:40pm.) I start the day’s session with a selection of Chet Atkins arrangements – including The Third Man, of course. I’m playing to an old lady sitting on the bench across the pavement. She’s… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 59
Diary Of A Busker Day 59 Friday March 11 Winchester High Street (corner of Marks And Spencer, Time 1:45-5:50pm). Another long session at the ‘noisy corner’. I used to avoid this spot, being quite exposed – and noisy, obviously – but now I’m growing quite literally attached to it. After a few minutes, the flower seller comes over and… Read more →
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 →