I should be so lucky Roger Watson Introduction What follows is a series of records of my travels as an academic between 2012 and 2019. The travel takes places in Europe, America, Australia, the Far East, the Middle East and South East Asia. These entries were made on behalf of Sigma and were edited and put online by Jim Mattson of Sigma to whom I am most grateful. The entries were in the form of a blog between 2012 and 2017 which was called Hanging Smart (up to page 138) and, thereafter, as part of the Reflections on Nursing Leadership site and called Connecting Continents (starting on page 141). The formatting changes between 2017 t0 2019 and all the hyperlinks have been maintained. However, many links will be broken as individuals have changed positions and some blogs have been discontinued and webpages have migrated. Sigma discontinued the blog in 2020 but it was my privilege and pleasure to share my travels and experience with a wide audience. It is ...