Morning Fewbie Desert Drive - Fayah - Abu Dhabi - 04 Jan 2025

[Davie Smooth_Operator]

DRIVE DESCRIPTION

Welcome to Carnity off road club Fewbie drive, meeting at Fayah meeting point of the beautiful Abu Dhabi Desert, please ensure your off-road gear is as per your rank and you bring lots of enthusiasm with you.

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 and above

Meeting time: Sat 4th Jan 2025 7:00 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions)

Meeting Point:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/acreM77zLxB2MRu76

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, face mask, rubber gloves, enthusiasm and willingness to learn.

Mandatory off-road gears: Tire deflator, tire pressure gauge, compressor, walkie-talkie radio, off-road flag, shovel, first-aid kit, Tow Rope, 2 Shackles and fire extinguisher.

Note: Please ensure that all of your off-road gear is securely tied down with ratchet straps in the rear compartment of the vehicle. Bungy type tie downs are not suitable for tying down off-road gear.

Approximate finish time: 11:00 AM

P.S. Only join if you have a compressor to inflate your tires after the drive.
 

LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE

• This drive is limited to 10 cars only. RSVP will close on Friday - 1 PM.
• If the RSVP is full, you can add your name to the waitlist, once anyone drops, you will be moved to the RSVP list.
• RSVP will close a day prior to preparing a convoy list.
• Latecomers will be returned - Without any exceptions.
• Members without RSVP will be returned - 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.
   

PLEASE RSVP ON THE CALENDAR

 

[Emanuel]

Happy New Year  @Davie Smooth_Operator!

Please add me in Support.

[Davie Smooth_Operator]

4 hours ago, Emanuel said:

Happy New Year  @Davie Smooth_Operator!

Please add me in Support.

Happy new year @Emanuel 

done mate 

[Davie Smooth_Operator]

Dear Desert wanders, @Arvindraj, @Carl Stanley, @Sviatoslav, @Jessica Lambert, @Gilberto, @essam ibrahim, @Abhishek Chikara, @Andrew John Melvill, @Michael asir, @Yurybel, @Mehmet Volga, @Emanuel, @Benje_Junior, @Gary F Due to the popularity of this drive please indicate that you are still able to make the drive on Saturday morning by liking this post as we still have 5 waitlisted, this allows me to quickly and easily see who is confirmed (as confirmed as can be) for the drive. Please also remove your RSVP if you plans have changed and you cannot make the drive.

@Glenn W, @Talal H, @JohanE, @Ozgu and @Dan S we will do our best to accommodate you and will advise final convoy list tomorrow, please also indicate your interest of joining the drive by means of liking this post and please remove yourselves from the waitlist if your plans have changed, also there are still 2-3 places left on @Ale Vallecchi Sunday drive, link below, if you sign up for Ales drive please remove your waitlist for this drive.

Thanks and looking forward to seeing as many of you as we can on Saturday morning.

 

[Andrew John Melvill]

Hi Davie, looks like I will have to be at work on Sat morning. I have removed myself from this drive and will drive with Ale on Sunday!

All the best for the drive and have a blast. 

[Davie Smooth_Operator]

28 minutes ago, Andrew John Melvill said:

Hi Davie, looks like I will have to be at work on Sat morning. I have removed myself from this drive and will drive with Ale on Sunday!

All the best for the drive and have a blast. 

Thanks Andrew appreciate you letting me know and enjoy Sundays adventures 

[Davie Smooth_Operator]

Dear Desert wanders, @Arvindraj, @Carl Stanley, @Jessica Lambert, @Gilberto, @essam ibrahim, @Abhishek Chikara, @Yurybel, @Mehmet Volga, @Emanuel, @Benje_Junior, @Gary F, @Glenn W, @Talal H, @JohanE, and @Dan S we will be using Channel 4 446.081 for tomorrows drive and the convoy order will be as below 

look forward to seeing you all bright eyed and bushy tailed with flags up, tires deflated, and radios on at 07:00 at Al-Fayah meeting point. Have a great rest of your weekend and a happy new year to you all..

 

[Carl Stanley]

That's a great group! I'm looking forward to it!

[Davie Smooth_Operator]

Dear Desert wanders, @Arvindraj, @Carl Stanley, @Jessica Lambert, @Gilberto, @essam ibrahim, @Abhishek Chikara, @Yurybel, @Mehmet Volga, @Emanuel, @Benje_Junior, @Gary F, @Glenn W, @Talal H, @JohanE, and @Dan S firstly thank you all for being on time on this chilly (8 degrees brrrrrrr) Saturday morning, this made the briefing and departure also on time which always gives us more time to play in the sand. We did encountered a few minor refusals in the first part of the drive, which were all handled expertly by our team of 4 support members @Emanuel, @Gary F, @Benje_Junior and @Mehmet Volga.

The terrain was a tad tricky in places with either a hard corrugated top layer and soft underneath or vis versa and very soft on top and hard underneath, this mix was due to the rain showers the day before. However, you guys all drove amazingly well and coped with all that we could throw at you.

I would like to thank you all for your patience as we dealt with the two pop offs and the one wheel change that we had to perform along with a couple of stucks that we had to unstick :):)

Brilliant Second lead from @Jessica Lambert, lines were perfect, comms were spot on warning the drivers behind of potential hazards as they arrive, and moving left and right at a minutes notice when i got the lines wrong. great Job Jessica. And you got to see a fox at the rock formation break which i have renamed foxes lair on my GPS.

Fantastic support as already mentioned from our 3 center forwards @Emanuel, @Benje_Junior, @Gary F and our sweep @Mehmet Volga, great job guys could not have done it without you as such a great team spirit between you all to get the issues squared away quickly and easily.

Some pics in the gallery

A little Relive video for those that would like to re-live the experience

Fewbie Jan 4 Fayah on Relive! https://www.relive.cc/view/vYvr1pN4ALq 

Some stats for those that like a good stat

 

Have a great rest of your weekend and hope to see you in the sand again very soon.

[Jessica Lambert]

The peanut gallery: 2bcef796-03bd-44e1-9a76-7a4169abdbe4.MP4