Morning Fewbie Plus Desert Drive - Sweihan North - Abu Dhabi - 16 Nov 2024

[_luke_]

Racing today in Sweihan my usual coffee spot has waiting for fuel

[ChrisW]

Disregard - found the group

Edited November 16, 2024 by ChrisW

[ChrisW]

Thanks @Frederic - that was a nice refresher after DCT...an easy going drive through a mix of terrain, in some lovely weather. 

...captions welcomed on the attached picture... 😂

 

[DP1011]

2 minutes ago, ChrisW said:

Thanks @Frederic - that was a nice refresher after DCT...an easy going drive through a mix of terrain, in some lovely weather. 

...captions welcomed on the attached picture... 😂

 

2 Legged Camel?🤣

[_luke_]

18 hours ago, Luke K P said:

Racing today in Sweihan my usual coffee spot has waiting for fuel

LoL ok @Fredericreading this now I can see what you mean about it not making any sense.... But it was very early, I hadn't had coffee, and was trying voice2text 😅😅

[_luke_]

Thanks @Frederic @Bjoern @DP1011 for getting us in and out of Sweihan today 

 

Started out in nahel heading west playing in some of the big bowls and enjoying some ridge riding.

 

The long convoy got momentarily separated a couple of times but we regrouped for doughnuts and chai with fantastic views to the south over the sabhka.

 

From here we followed the plyon path south before heading east into a section of nahel that was completely new to me. Tight technical area with plenty of pockets, the team drove great to get through it all with minimal stoppages. Some real nice tall dunes thrown in occasionally as rewards for getting through.

 

We stopped at gafteen bowl and we tried riding the bowl from both sides. @Zed loved hearing you riding the rev limiter all the way up and around.. 💪💪

We exited exactly on time after a nice 55kmish Saturday morning drive. Enjoy the rest of your weekend 🙏

 

Edited November 16, 2024 by Luke K P

[Brett Eicher]

Thank you for organising the drive @Frederic Amazing, as always!

[Frederic]

Thank you all for joining guys!

We started off north of Nahel, which had a bit more vegetation than i could remember from the past. It has been a while since i visited the area. 

As we had a rather sizeable convoy, it was at times a bit difficult to keep the convoy flowing, but you guys all drove amazing. 

Since we came to know there was some kind of event happening on the west-side of Nahel, i decided to head south and then east-wards, making our way towards Ghafeteen bowl through some narrow technical dunes that everyone managed brilliantly. 

With great support from @DP1011, @Zed, and superb second lead from @Luke K P, we worked as a tight unit and exited perfectly on time.

The pace was perhaps a bit lower than what i usually do, mainly due to the large convoy that got stretched whenever we decided to ramp up the speed intensity. In any case i had great fun and hope you all had too.

See you soon in the sands !