"In your hands, the birth of a new day... " (Limahl)

8 May 1998

Glasgow

Stats

Wedi chwarae / Played: 45

Cyfanswm / Total: £1468

Cyfartaledd / Average: £32.62

Uchaf / Highest: £78

Dylanwad / Influence

Am gyfnod (1994-97), roedd Glasgow yn cwffio gydag Aberystwyth i fod ar frig y tabl ennillion bysgio. Yn nhymor y coleg, bydden i'n bysgio'n rheolaidd ar Sauchiehall Street er mwyn ennill £30 fan hyn a fan draw  er mwyn cynnal fy hun. Nid gor-ddweud bod y bysgio rheolaidd yn Glasgow, gyda'r gwynt chwerw yn chwipio mewn o'r Afon Clud, wedi fy nghaledi'n sylweddol ar gyfer y dasg anodd o fod yn bysgiwr llawn-amser yn ne Cymru yn ystod cyfnod fy PhD rhwng 1997-2004. Trueni na chedwais dyddiadur o'r sgyrsiau diddorol roeddwn yn cael ar y stryd yn Glasgow pryd hynny. Roedd wastad yn hyfryd i gwrdd ag ambell i Gymro alltud oedd yn cael eu denu ataf gan yr alawon Cymreig! Dychwelais i Glasgow am un taith bysgio olaf yn Yr Alban ym 1998.

For a period (1994-97), Glasgow was fighting it out with Aberystwyth to be at the top of the busking earnings chart. During the university term, I would play regularly on Sauchiehall Street to earn £30 here and there to top up my bank account. It's not an overstate to contend that busking regularly in Glasgow, with a bitter wind whipping in off the River Clyde, toughened me up substantially for the difficult task of being a full-time busker in south Wales during my PhD from 1997-2004. A pity I didn't keep a busking diary to note the interesting conversations I used to have on Sauchiehall Street. It was always a special pleasure to meet the occasional Welsh exile who would be drawn to me by the sound of the traditional Welsh tunes! I returned to Glasgow during one last busking trip to Scotland in 1998.