Day out for Thomas
The official replica of Thomas the Tank Engine will preside over two days at Severn Valley Railway.
• Departs Kidderminster May 20/21, every half hour 9.15am - 4.30pm, last train back from Bridgnorth 5.50pm. £9/£7 OAP, £4.50 over-twos. Comberton Hill, Kidderminster (01299 403816). Further fun days: 0870 2412532.
Bath time
There's still room at the Bath International Music Festival - Opening Concert in the Assembly Rooms (11am today), the Organ spectacular in Bath Abbey (4.30pm tomorrow) and Zimbabwe's "Black Umfolosi" at The Forum (7.30pm Sun). The children's dance in Royal Victoria Park (2pm Sat) is free.
• (01225 463362), ends June 4.
Stately car boot
More than 100 Red Cross supporters will be bringing choice rural items to a car boot sale at Elton Hall in Cambridgeshire.
• Sun 10am-5pm. £3. Elton Hall, Elton, Nr Peterborough (01832 280468).
Games preview
A Science of Sport exhibition at Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry gives a taster of 2002's Commonwealth Games.
• Exhibition: 12.30pm-2pm Sat/Sun. Open daily 10am-5pm. £6.50/under 18s free. Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester (0161-832 1830).
Kew jump
A ticket for the Kew Explorer, which makes 40-minute circuits of the Royal Gardens, allows you to hop on and off all day.
• Open daily 9.30am-4.30pm. £5/£2.50 (under 5s free). Richmond, Surrey (020-8332 5622).
Dingle Dell
Millennium Forest Festival Week in Scotland has created woodland events, such as a Wood Walk at Dalkeith Country Park.
• Begins tomorrow 10am. Dalkeith (0131-654 1666). Millennium Forest for Scotland Trust, 91 Mitchell Street, Glasgow (0141-229 5780).
Ahoy there!
At the pirate's party at Lydford Gorge in Devon, children can swing over a mini galleon, hunt for chocolate treasure and float model ships down the river.
• Open Sat/Sun 10am-5.50pm, £3.50/child reduction. The Stables, Lydford, Nr Okehampton, Devon (020-8315 1111).
Horsing around
Wiltshire's long-distance White Horse walking trail linking eight chalk horses can be tackled as seven separate one-day walks.
• White Horse Trail Pack (£6) from Wiltshire Walking and Cycling Hotline (01980 623255).
Artspace 2000
More than 50 artists exhibit their work in 18th-century Oxfordshire barns and gardens until June 4.
• Barn Galleries, Aston, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire (01491 577786).
