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Thank you @_luke_, @ChrisW and @Krinesh for a really enjoyable drive. Nice varied terrain and always something to learn from all of you. Hope to see you all again soon.

DRIVE DESCRIPTION A three-course serving of Al Fayah, with something different waiting in each section of the drive. The Entrée: We’ll start from the usual Fayah location and warm things up with some long-range dune riding, getting into the flow before the terrain tightens up. The Main Course: Then it’s into the infamous Fayah Technical Zone. This is where we’ll slow things down and focus on driving smoothly and continuously through soft, difficult terrain. The aim is not to attack every obstacle, but to read the sand, maintain momentum and keep the convoy flowing through the maze. The sand will be soft. There will be refusals. The temps will be H O T. Keep your wits about you and expect to work for your lines. And if we somehow make it all look too easy, there’s a simple solution: back onto the sabkha, return to the start, and do it again. 😎 There is no reward for finishing fast! The Dessert: If time and temperatures allow, we’ll finish with a visit to the desert safari play area for some faster driving and a few big, tall sidies. A bit of flow, a lot of technical sand, and hopefully just enough punishment to earn dessert. MUST READ AND COMPLY Environmental Policy Offroad Flag Guideline Two Way Radio Guideline Off road Driving Etiquette's Emergency details for all off-roaders Off Road Driving - Roles & Responsibilities DRIVE DETAILS Level: Fewbie Plus and above Meeting time: 06:30 (SHARP - Without any exceptions) Meeting Point: https://maps.app.goo.gl/3xbwgCT6BvjU6ZCx7 Meeting Coords: 24.380892, 54.987935 Type of Car: Any proper 4x4 with front and back tow hooks and 8-10 inches of ground clearance. What to bring along: Loads of water, snacks (for yourself), smiles, enthusiasm and willingness to learn. Approximate finish time: 10:00 P.S. Only join if you have a compressor to inflate your tires after the drive. LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE This drive is limited to 8 cars only. RSVP will close on Saturday 12:00 If the RSVP is full, you can add your name to the waitlist, once someone drops, you will be moved to the RSVP list. Latecomers will be returned back - Without any exceptions. Members without RSVP will be returned back - Without any exceptions. Please withdraw your RSVP, if you aren't joining, so your spot can be taken by others. Repeated no-show members after RSVP will have their account suspended for a month

DRIVE DESCRIPTION This one is all about exploration. Starting from the westernmost edge of Al Adlah, we’ll point the convoy east and see what we can uncover along the way. There’s no polished route and no guarantee of a clean line through — the aim is to explore, test possibilities and hopefully unlock some new terrain for future drives. Expect plenty of stops, starts, scouting and backtracking. We may find a promising line only to discover it goes nowhere, loop back toward where we started, or suddenly stumble across something completely unexpected. There’s no pressure to cover big distance. This drive is about curiosity, problem solving and enjoying the process of finding out what lies beyond the next dune. Expect the unexpected. Iced latte coffee will be provided, B Y O Conversation for last 20 minute or so break. Bring a chair. MUST READ AND COMPLY Environmental Policy Offroad Flag Guideline Two Way Radio Guideline Off road Driving Etiquette's Emergency details for all off-roaders Off Road Driving - Roles & Responsibilities DRIVE DETAILS Level: Fewbie Plus and above Meeting time: 20:00 (SHARP - Without any exceptions) Meeting Point: https://maps.app.goo.gl/do8WZy7yUWE2t3xj9 Meeting Coords: 24.432220, 54.945003 Type of Car: Any proper 4x4 with front and back tow hooks and 8-10 inches of ground clearance. What to bring along: Loads of water, snacks (for yourself), smiles, enthusiasm and willingness to learn. Approximate finish time: 23:00 P.S. Only join if you have a compressor to inflate your tires after the drive. LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE This drive is limited to 6 cars only. RSVP will close on Wednesday 17:00 If the RSVP is full, you can add your name to the waitlist, once someone drops, you will be moved to the RSVP list. Latecomers will be returned back - Without any exceptions. Members without RSVP will be returned back - Without any exceptions. Please withdraw your RSVP, if you aren't joining, so your spot can be taken by others. Repeated no-show members after RSVP will have their account suspended for a month

Thank you @ChrisW. I still need to learn more from you and always appreciate your advice.

Splendid drive today @Andrew John Melvill! A fantastic mix of warm-up with some detailed briefings on how to use your momentum, followed by some good practicing in the various bowls and larger dunes. Everyone drove great today, no ropes or shovels used, and the refusals we had were dealt with easily thanks to the great support on the drive. See you all soon in the sand!

Drive report 1st thanks for being on time allowing us to get away shortly after 6am. We had a good start talking about and practicing climbs. Each car is a bit different when it comes to gearing and power sweet spots. Knowing yout car only comes with practice. From there we had a technical section before the dunes opened up again. Here we had more chances to practise climbs along with ridge riding, switches and how to get out of bowls! To @Sandeep Padhi, @Enrico - Mountain, @Ana, @Lazy Frog, @Rajath Shetty and @khurramm some really good driving from all especially as we pushed your limits on occasions. To @Frederic, @Ishak, @J-P L and @JC_E would never have been able to do this drive without you. Always a pleasure to drive with every one of you.

Many thanks @_luke_ - that was a refreshing morning out. Enough challenge to occupy the mind but easy going enough to be energising. @Danie good work in second lead today, and was a pleasure following you @Krinesh

Nice. Looking forward to it.

This looks fun!

Drive Summary We kicked off just as the sun was coming up, taking advantage of the cooler morning and fresh sand in Makhoola. The first section was all about slow, winding turns, wandering around looking for untouched patches of sand and seeing what lines we could find. From there we picked up the pace with some ridge riding, before running into a new fence that we hadn’t seen before. Naturally, we followed it for a while to see where it went and what terrain it opened up. After leaving the fence behind, it was back onto the ridges with some nice flowing sections before finishing through an area of small technical dunes. Plenty to keep things interesting, but with easy exits nearby if needed — a good way to finish the drive without getting committed too deep into the terrain as the temperature started climbing. The GPX track recorded 41.5 km across roughly 2 hours 37 minutes, with the route ranging from around 111 m to 169 m elevation. We were heading out by around 09:30, just in time to beat the worst of the heat. A relaxed sunrise exploration with a bit of everything: fresh sand, smashing turns, ridges, a mystery fence and a technical finish. Great fun and driving. See you all again soon @Danie @Krinesh @ChrisW

Hi @Noufal, @_Herman_, @Cristian this is the idea of the drive today

POST DRIVE REPORT Thank you everyone for arriving early and being ready for our briefing at 6 am. We welcomed our newest Carnity community members - @jamil abdollah, @Maneesh M, and @Cova. From our discussions yesterday and your posts above, it seems like you all enjoyed yourselves. Indeed, there were plenty of learnings for Maneesh and Cova. We successfully made our way through our planned route starting at Three Trees, making our way northwards through some nice sloping dunes to get everyone used to driving in sand with some skill building along the way. We had a break on the sabkha before making our way to Qudra Secret Dunes. Always a fun place to have some fun. We had to exit Maneesh about 3 hours into the drive because he was down to 1/4 tank of fuel. We re-entered after ensuring he was ok reinflating. After about another 40 minutes we made our way to the exit point, on time. Maneesh had the pleasure of trying to figure out how to drive this hybrid in varying sand conditions. Vanessa and I had some learnings around this too. @Maneesh M it will be especially important for you to ensure you fill up completely at the nearest petrol station to the meeting point so you don't have to exit early on our drives like today. As you progress in drive levels, you will use more petrol as these are increasingly more difficult drives and harder on the cars requiring more petrol. A jerry can may also be a good idea in future. Cova had the experience of driving with his car with limited electrics turned off and then during one of the recoveries we removed the relay. It's important to remove it when the engine is off and to put it back in when it is off as well. It will reset all the warning lights after you do this. Check out Fred's post about this. Thanks a mil to @Vanessa8580 in Sweep and @Yerem Davtyan in Second Lead. Vanessa assisted with many of the stucks and refusals. The drive was a far better experience for everyone as a result of her assistance and support. Yerem's winch, first time use, was a key contributor to getting Maneesh out from a soft mucky patch. @jamil abdollah your previous experience driving in the desert and with your car really showed. You will enjoy the next level more in just a few more Newbie drives. Your quick offers to help during refusals and stucks was very much appreciated. Thank you. It was good to see you again @Khalid Sharaf and good to meet you @Kishor. You both drove well. Our track is below. Having completed 53 kms for a Newbie drive is pretty good actually considering we had some very new desert drivers with us. From the elevation profile, we can remember the nice rolling dunes we had along with our hill climbs. Have a great weekend everyone and see you next time.

I just found out that for BYD shark , Denza and leopord has a creap mode to get out of sands. He is also saying "we don't understnd this car"

Fun drive today, good drivers as well thank you @Emanuel and @Venessa8580 for making it happen smoothly