Travel: Go away

Bluebird Express (0444 235678) Gatwick to Nice, depart before 30 June, pounds 99.

Bridgewater Boats (0442 863615) offer a six-berth narrowboat, one week on the Grand Union Canal, leaving Berkhamsted on Saturday. The normal rate is pounds 560, but Independent readers qualify for a special deal of pounds 400 including fuel.

Time Off (071-235 8070) Heathrow-Paris for two nights, including accommodation and a ticket for the Impressionists' exhibition at the Grand Palais, pounds 199.