Head north into northern New Hampshire or Maine.

Get a car and drive up I93, keep going up towards Franconia Notch or deviate and head for the 'Lakes'.

Titlon and Conway have shopping outlets (NH has no sales tax) and there is the Conway Scenic Railroad which will provide you with a steam rail trip through the autumal colours.

Alternatively, head up I 95, stopping for lunch in Portsmouth NH, and up into Maine. Head north to the mountains.

Both are beautiful, inexpensive (especially with the current exchange rate) and away from the usual UK tourist spots.

www.conwayscenic.com/
www.santasvillage.com/
www.franconianotchstatepark.com/
www.maine.gov/doc/foliage/
www.visitmaine.com/package/3387/leaf_peeping_at_one_of_maines_gems_-_moosehead_lake/
www.lakesregion.org/Activities/FallHappenings/FoliageLeafPeeping/tabid/95/Default.aspx

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While away an afternoon on pretty Newbury Street for chic Boston shopping - you'll find everything from Chanel and Marc Jacobs to Urban Outfitters. There are plenty of restaurants and coffee shops to break your journey.

www.newbury-st.com/

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Locale for architecture, crowds, shops, eating in Boston's historic 19th c. Back Bay area. Notable are: Copley sq., Newbury St., Commonwealth Mall, Beacon St.

Copley Square underground station

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A Boston institution, where you can pick up a designer bargain in an oversized jumble sale. Filene came up with the Automatic Mark Down System, whereby price tags are marked with the date, and the longer an item goes unsold, the more the price is marked down by up to 75%. Simple, and hence sometimes the shopping frenzy of people scrapping over clothes, hiding items to secure a bigger markdown and getting changed in the aisles. This branch of Filene's Basement is closed for two years from September 2007, but the chain also has stores in Columbus, Paramus, Peabody and more. See www.filenesbasement.com for more information.

Downtown Crossing, corner of Summer and Washington.

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Newbury St is Boston's Bond St, a run of luxe boutiques in refined brownstones. Sonsies is where the ladies that shop refuel and meet their well-groomed other halves. There's a restaurant at the back serving pasta dishes, but park yourself at the front, where the tables face the street and watch the chic shop.

327 Newbury St
Tel: 617 351 2500
www.sonsieboston.com/

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Charming brownstones and a great shopping area.

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