Morning Fewbie Plus Desert Drive - Nahil - Series 40 : 3 Hours - Abu Dhabi - 8 Jun 2024

[DP1011]

@Luke K P @Aser @Shaun J @Nizar Shawwa @Julien Recan @Frans M @Alexanderrr @Andrew John Melvill @Faraz94 @Zulfikhar Naiyar   @Gautam Banka @Brett Eicher @azad @Cristian. 

 

Gents ! Thanks to @Looper, NO WL is left behind.  Convoy order for tomorrow's drive as below : Radio channel 2: 446.031

Meeting time 5.30, start time 5.40.  Please plan accordingly to start early so we exit on time, making the most of those wonderful dunes Nahil offers ! 

Please make sure all your off-road gears in place and radios fully charged. 

See you all tomorrow ! 

 

[Looper]

A couple of pointers regarding the meeting point: 

First: You can fill up at Nahel Fuel Station. It is about 100 m ahead of the road that leads to the meeting point; so, you may need to manage to reach to the road.

Next; the entrance to the meeting point potentially can be swamped. Avoid the red circled area. You may take the left bank near to the bushes and come in & do not take any other track. There is an automated gate to the entrance.

There could be little more water a bit ahead as well but that will not be an issue.

[Faraz94]

1 hour ago, Looper said:

A couple of pointers regarding the meeting point: 

First: You can fill up at Nahel Fuel Station. It is about 100 m ahead of the road that leads to the meeting point; so, you may need to manage to reach to the road.

Next; the entrance to the meeting point potentially can be swamped. Avoid the red circled area. You may take the left bank near to the bushes and come in & do not take any other track. There is an automated gate to the entrance.

There could be little more water a bit ahead as well but that will not be an issue.

@Looper Thank You for sharing the details. 
 

Please check below, is this correct or map is being crazy?

 

 

[_luke_]

It's being crazy @Faraz94 it's like max 10 minutes. Just take first exit on highway after adnoc and follow the lanes back

[Looper]

or follow the green line i drew in the first map.. wink wink

 

7 minutes ago, Faraz94 said:

@Looper Thank You for sharing the details. 
 

Please check below, is this correct or map is being crazy?

 

 

 

5 minutes ago, Luke K P said:

It's being crazy @Faraz94 it's like max 10 minutes. Just take first exit on highway after adnoc and follow the lanes back

 

[Faraz94]

@Luke K P @Looper NVM. Got the perfect one, along the way.

 

 

[Looper]

9 minutes ago, Faraz94 said:

@Luke K P @Looper NVM. Got the perfect one, along the way.

 

 

Don't do that. Fill up at ADNOC Service Station | Al Hayer-2 (659) (can buy coffee here) or better ENOC | 1914 | Nahil  (only fuel) and proceed to go to the meeting point as usual. which is shown in the map below in green: Not advisable to do is to go to Nahel Adonc 658 and take a slight detour on the wrong way for about 20ms in the morning - no traffic roads.

[Shaun J]

Apologies, something come up last minute. Have to drop out, fortunately no WL are missing out as a result. 

 

Enjoy the drive guys and see you on the next one. 

[Faraz94]

3 hours ago, Looper said:

Don't do that. Fill up at ADNOC Service Station | Al Hayer-2 (659) (can buy coffee here) or better ENOC | 1914 | Nahil  (only fuel) and proceed to go to the meeting point as usual. which is shown in the map below in green: Not advisable to do is to go to Nahel Adonc 658 and take a slight detour on the wrong way for about 20ms in the morning - no traffic roads.

Got it. The new drawing is much more clearer. See you tomorrow ✌️✌️

[_luke_]

Wow what a drive! 

Lots of excitement, lots of drama, but no shovels or ropes!

I think from these GPS tracks it's fair to say we enjoyed looping around the bowls alot

We left right on time this morning after @DP1011 have the briefing.. heading south on a track before heading west to get a good read on the sand from the early morning light. 

No warm ups allowed, we got straight into some ridge riding and switching so that @Andrew John Melvill could get a taste of what's to come on his first FB+ drive.

After playing around in the first set of bowls, we enjoyed some tea and watching another convoy tearing up the same area.

From here we touched on a sabkhas, then loops up north west into the big bowls to end the day. Big G-forces, big noise, big fun. We decided to extend the trip a bit to do some extra loops

@azad got the dreaded CEL in this final set of bowls, so we headed to an easy exit. Hope the car is feeling better soon.

 

Thanks @DP1011@Looper @Zulfikhar Naiyar for getting us in and out!

I really really enjoyed it and hope everyone has a great weekend. Looking forward to seeing you again in the sand soon .