Morning Newbie Desert Drive - Nahel North - Dubai - 22 Mar 2025

[_luke_]

What an incredible Sunrise

[_luke_]

Thanks everyone for a fun Saturday morning, especially @JeromeFJ for leading us around!

I really enjoyed the big dunes at the start.. great to see everyone hammering over them on such a clear day with great sunrise. 
After a break we moved into the technical dunes where I got quite stuck on a tiny dune. thanks for the rescue @Lukas Lewisand @Jeandre Bezuidenhout
The rolling dunes at the end were a lovely calming way to end the drive and get ready for the rest of saturday!
See you all in the sand again soon!

[JeromeFJ]

Thank you everyone for joining the drive this morning. A beautiful clear day, and still a nice temperature. The small group configuration was perfect to explore the nice dunes of Nahel. 

Passing the lake, we started a warm up moving up and down in the open dunes, doing a few crossings, testing the grip and the effect of gravity passing over a few pockets or steep  descents. The soft sand was adding to the difficulty, as another variable to adjust our driving. Then we reached bigger dunes, an opportunity to push the engines, ... and raising the heart beat !

We could realise the necessity to keep a smooth line when reaching higher speed, and to control the descent always.

After the break, the area was more technical, requiring to dose just the necessary amount of power to keep moving. Reaching the sabkha, we still had a bit of time, and I extended to a nice area with smooth rolling dunes, variable sand color, a very relaxing way to end the drive.

Very well done @Ana and @Myrko you gained progressively assurance all along the drive.  Well done also @Lukas Lewis with the big truck in the technical portions. Thank you @topgear for the 2nd lead, rerouting my lines when needed, @Jeandre Bezuidenhout for sweeping our group, and big thank you @Luke K P for the support and reassuring guidances for the few refusals. See you soon!

[Ana]

Thank you @JeromeFJ for leading us on the dunes today . Big thank you to the suport team and all fellow club members for the patience . A lovely drive with some challenging high dunes …indeed raising the heart beat 😊yet feeling super safe following Jerome instructions. Looking forward to meeting you all soon ! Enjoy the rest of the weekend. 

[Myrko]

Hi @JeromeFJ
I couldn’t upload these to the gallery (error 200 🤷‍♂️).

Thanks again all, for a great morning out!

[topgear]

Many thanks to @JeromeFJ for the lovely drive. It was a joy to be second lead.  I also benefitted from the clear and precise knowledge sharing and instructions from Jerome. 

Thanks to all the support crew - @Luke K P and @Jeandre Bezuidenhout for keeping the convoy safe. 

It was an enjoyable Saturday morning!