In August 2012, Robert Bearsby found himself twelve thousand miles away from home in Australia without a penny to his name. “I walked into a hostel, gave the guy at reception my last few dollars for a bed and asked if I could leave my bags in their luggage storage at the end of the week so I could sleep on the street. I wasn’t scared about sleeping rough, but I did need to eat. So I picked up my guitar, sat down at the side of the road and I sang to anyone who would listen to me. Three months later I had made enough money to get back home to England and I felt like if I could do that. I could do anything.”.