Wednesday Night Fewbie Drive - Coffee Club: Al Adlah After Dark - Abu Dhabi - 02 Sep 2026

Good Morning Everyone.

Hope you are pumped to enjoy an excursion through the dark of Al Adlah this evening.

The moon will rise around 21:50, so by the time we stop for coffee we should have a nice big fat moon hanging low on the horizon for our viewing pleasure.

I will annouce convoy around 17:00, and we will be using channel 8 today.

See you at the meeting spot at 20:00. @Asif Hussain @ChrisW @Giacomo @Lukas Wii @Piotr. @Sebastian Nohse

DONT FORGET YOUR DESERT CAMP CHAIR!

Event is now closed.

Convoy order below. Channel 8 446.181

See you in the sand!

We kicked off beside the truck road with a quick briefing on the plan for the night. @Asif Hussain, @ChrisW and @Giacomo added a few extra pointers on how to enjoy — and stay safe on — a Fewbie-level night drive.

The most important takeaway:

“If you see something scary, just turn off your lights.” 😂

With that valuable safety advice firmly understood, we headed into the technical zone for a few loops to warm everyone up and get comfortable driving in the dark.

From there we moved into some larger terrain. We had a couple of refusals along the way, but unfortunately for @Sebastian Nohse, Giacomo and Chris, nobody managed to get stuck badly enough for them to break out their winches.

As the drive progressed, I felt we found a really nice flowing Fewbie pace for nighttime. Rather than attacking the bigger climbs, we worked our way gradually higher — taking small steps, reading the dunes and picking a route through without needing any huge commitments.

It made for a smooth and enjoyable drive, with plenty of time on the ridges and a good rhythm through the convoy.

After 150 minutes of driving, it was time for the Coffee Club part of the evening.

We pulled up, got the chairs out and sat around the light, enjoying the sight of a deep red moon hanging low over the desert.

And Sebastian raised the Coffee Club standards considerably by producing actual espresso in the middle of the desert. ☕ A definite treat and a pretty perfect way to finish the night.

@Lukas Wii I hope you enjoyed your first night drive, and we see you in some more. @Piotr. nice work convincing him to join and experience the dark side of desert driving.

Good driving, good flow, good coffee and good company. 🌙☕🏜️

Escape into the void

Thank you all! 

@Lukas Wii welcome to night dune exploration trips, next time we have to put in the program “bashing plate test”. 
 

@Giacomo and @Sebastian Nohse your V8 Jeeps sounds amazing. 
 

I made also short movie. 
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dc0OSxbomg_/?igsi=MWs0eHFtcGF1bzE3aA==

BTW: @ChrisW which model of Insta360 do you have? Night shoots look good.
I am looking for 360 camera, but I need stupid easy one to not create extra job to edit these videos. 

Thank you All for this amazing experience, lots of cool tips and tricks that allowed me to self recover multiple times 😅

Great lead / 2nd lead and sweep plus lots of patience and great company from others ! 

@_luke_ your coffee kept me up till 1am, so I need to self recover again, just now at work  😜

See ya next time ! 

It was great work @Lukas Wii - the biggest lesson, which comes from experience, is that staying calm, being patient and working at it for longer than you might imagine is key. I’m always super impressed with @Asif Hussain’s self-recoveries…looks like nothing is moving but slowly slowly the car pops free!

@Piotr. Last night I tried out the Insta360 X6 for the first time. It has a specific mode suited to night shots and it seems to work great. 

@Lukas Wii Just to reassure you…this was me during a drive I led last weekend…

Thanks guys great night out @_luke_ always a pleasure following you around the dunes……. Coco enjoyed her first ride post summer… @ChrisW @Asif Hussain @Giacomo thanks for the second lead, sweep and Chris the middle support. @Lukas Wiiwell done first night drive done, great meeting you….. @Piotr. always great seeing you !! See you next time 😎