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Please follow us on Instagram or facebook where we will be posting regular updates on our big new adventure (as well as here as always). Our family of four are about to embark on our own exhilarating journey of a lifetime! We are embarking on the journey of a lifetime to the bottom of theContinue reading “14 Basecamps the Family edition”

What trips have you guys got in mind for 2021? So 2020 is on its way out! It wasn’t what was planned but that’s OK we still got in some travel in France and Scotland over the summer as well as Skiing at the beginning of the year (John was also “lucky” to get oneContinue reading “Planning 2021….whilst still in the middle of a pandemic :-)”

I found myself having a vigorous debate the other week on twitter after responding to a tweet from @Simoncalder about how Qatar were giving away free flights to teachers. After responding to say that I would be applying, another responder commented that teachers should be leading by example and NOT FLYING and should be aContinue reading “Sustainable travel – finding a way to travel to day and into the distant future without harming the natural and cultural environments.”

New (school) year resolution. “At least once a week we will spend time on our blog and update the world with our musings and thoughts from the world of Russell-Smith Travel”.  With Covid taking over, this year has been very different to the one we all planned. We started the site and the blog afterContinue reading “Getting back into blogging in preparation for epic travel in 2021”

This time of lock down has been giving us time to complete something we have said we would do for year. This website and this BLOG! 🙂 It has also given us time to remember and reminisce on past travels. Cornwall 2018 We should be now posting wonderful updates of our trip to Jordan butContinue reading “Remembering past travels”

As John’s Head teacher (Mr Matthews) said last week “Behind every grey cloud there is blue sky”. So in this case it’s not a blue sky but the lock down (and cancellation of our trip to Jordan)has given the Russell-Smiths some time to do what we have said we would do for years and startContinue reading “LOCK DOWN…”