to book rail journeys and how to get the best fares.Travelling by train from the UK to European ski resorts is comfortable and stress-free – and children under four travel free. Some resorts can be reached directly from London without a change of train

enough runs for six happy days of skiing and the nursery slopes were close enough to drop in on the children.  The resorts of Lech, St Anton, St Christoph and Stuben are also close at hand. The glamorous Lech is where various European royal families have

The Ascent of Descent Ultra-luxury ski operator Descent has hired Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall – mother of television chef Hugh and author of The Good Granny Guide – to devise the children’s meals served in their chalets even more