Bloody Buskers

Buskers are annoying us, reports local newspaper, the Hereford Times.
The musicians who "normally come in pairs or threes," says complainant Andrew Meek, director of a Ross-on-Wye, England software company, just play the same tune all day.
"They do get quite a lot of money from shoppers, who probably like what they are playing, but for people trying to work it can be annoying."

I was a bit annoyed yesterday when I found the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI: www.rnli.org.uk) - our gallant lifeboat service - occupying my favourite spot in Monmouth, with orange inflatable and collecting tin.

The RNLI in action; give generously!

So it was off to Church Street to try my luck there. Despite the poor accoustics of an empty shop doorway there were plenty of nice comments, including one from a RNLI volunteer:
"I've been standing over there for forty minutes: made my job easier listening to you," she said, slipping a coin in the pot.

Made my own donation to the lifeboats later: never know when you're going to need one, do you?