Travel Notes

BACK TO THE SLOPES

EUROSTAR ( eurostar. com) tickets to the French Alps for next ski season (starting December 20) are now on sale. Direct services from St Pancras and Ashford International stop at Moutiers, Aime-la-Plagne and BourgSaint- Maurice, making Courchevel, La Plagne, Tignes, Meribel and Les Arcs easily accessible. Tickets from £160 return for trains departing Friday evening and Saturday.

ADVENTURE TIME

TREETOP NESTS, rope bridges, slides and nets are all part of the fun at Castle Howard’s new adventure playground. Skelf Island is on the Yorkshire stately home’s lake, and families can learn about its myths on the children’s trail. Access is included in garden tickets costing £11.95 (adults) and £7.95 (children) at castle howard.co.uk.