Tag: Winchester

Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 45

Diary Of A Busker Day 45 Saturday February 19th Winchester High Street Next to Accessorize, Time: 4:55-6pm. A short, sharp session-ette at the end of the day. I am starting to almost favour these later ones when there are not as many people about. I seem to take the same amount of money, although there is no guarantee of anything… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 41

Diary Of A Busker Day 41 Saturday February 12th Winchester High Street Opposite Phase Eight Time: 1:20 – 6:20pm. A busy day for shoppers – the busiest I’ve seen since I started busking and the most buskers I’ve ever seen in Winchester – I counted seven in the very small stretch that is the pedestrian precinct, none more than 30… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 39

Diary Of A Busker Day 39 Tuesday February 8th Winchester High Street (opposite Clinton Cards, Time: 1:05 – 4:35pm). Several people come up and say they like the article, none stay for very long, apart from the man who I met a few days ago (friend of E. Clapton, Bruce Dickinson) who stayed a bit longer, but only to say… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 38

Diary Of A Busker Day 38 Saturday February 5th Winchester High Street (next to Accessorize, Time: 2:55 – 4:55pm). Some more people coming up to say they enjoyed ‘the article’. Someone who likes it less than others is Rob, the American rock guitarist. I passed him when I came into town, he was busking at the top, opposite WH Smiths.… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 37

Diary Of A Busker Day 37 Friday February 4th Winchester High Street (opposite WH Smiths, Time: 1:20 – 5:20pm).       The Diary Of A Winchester Busker feature came out yesterday in The Hampshire Chronicle – ‘available from all good newsagents’ – and I had a few people come up and say they liked it. A lady who works for a sister… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 35

Diary Of A Busker Day 35 Monday January 31st Winchester High Street (opposite Clinton Cards, Time: 2:25 – 4:25pm). Spent ten minutes deciding where I should set up – opposite Smiths or further down. Which place was warmer? Not much in it, so I go back to the usual place, opposite Smiths. I set my guitar and bag down, then… Read more →