This thread was posted too late for me last night, so I'll say now.
Dean Forest Railway Diesel Haulage Day for me. Had 73101, D9555 and a first-gen DMU for haulage today. FC'd the line to Parkend behind 73101, which was cool. Wasn't bad for haulage the 73, but it got VERY hellfire later on! Had it back to Norchard where we broke for lunch and then the DMU off the Low Level line to Lydney Junction, returning with one of the locos to Lydney Town (I believe it was 73101, will check later), where we had a break due to the timetabling not working quite to the way we hoped. Had a nice cold drink and talked about tons of stuff with heart-of-wessex, got envious at the tours later this month (Middleton Towers on July 27th or something, that made me smack my atlas on my right leg hard three times to smack the anger and envy out of me!), then got the beast formerly known as D9555 to Parkend. Filmed the run-round from the footbridge, then took it back to Lydney Town for a pint. En-route the flailers and bashers came out to play, tons of them on this run! Suffice to say we joined them! D9555 got screams of "MY LORDZ!!!" on its departure from Lydney Town, it clagged and sounded AMAZING! I had a pint of GL cider at the pub by the station, that was awesome! Not had it in ages, was delicious! Had the first-gen DMU again, but this time in the other vehicle to Norchard Low Level, where we filmed and H-O'd the line. The final move was 73101 from the high level line to Lydney Junction, the last train to run southbound to Lydney today. On this move it was truely HELLFIRE! Totally changed my opinions on 73s on diesel mode! Had a 143 back to Lydney though, but it's more mileage on it, and the time went by quick! I enjoyed the bash!
In any case, it was a truely AMAZING day. I WHOLLY recommend doing a DFR Diesel Day, their 14 and 73101 are both awesome. Unfortunately 27066 failed by the looks of it on the morning light engine run to Parkend, so we had it behind 73101 (switched off unfortunately) back to Norchard on that second move. Pity, it would have been cool to see it, but at least we had more 14 action as a result!
VFM today? Mainline run, not amazing TBH, but it did OK at £11.50. 6/10 there I guess. DFR-wise? Hellfire, well worth the money, 8/10, let down only by the lack of 27066 haulage. Never mind, we had excellent runs, only two significant late-running moves.
Tip: Do the DFR for some quality diesel bashes!