If you're stuck for something to do tomorrow (Wednesday 1 June) you could take an enjoyable day on the lovely Severn Valley Railway - and help the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway's Emergency Appeal at the same time! 

Get to Kidderminster station by 11.00 and you should find a gleaming 'Earlstoke Manor' waiting to depart with a special train for Bridgnorth, departing at 11.05. On the way, the train takes a break at Highley for a visit to the acclaimed Engine House visitor centre and museum.                                                     

The special train returns from Bridgnorth at 16.25 for the run back to Kidderminster. 

Tickets cost just a 'tenner' for all ages and all proceeds are in aid of the GWSR's Emergency Appeal - a truly wonderful gesture.  Of course the SVR itself knows all about disaster: in 2007 it suffered catastrophic embankment collapses that were washed away by floods.

You might even get a chance for a footplate ride - if you enter the draw being organised by GWSR volunteers!