Night Fewbie Desert Drive - Sohor Drive - Qudra - Dubai - 25 Mar 2025

[M.Seidam]

We request every member that joins this drive to go through the information below and strictly follow these guidelines, etiquette and responsibilities.

MUST READ AND COMPLY

• Environmental Policy
• Offroad Flag Guideline
• Two Way Radio Guideline
• Off road Driving Etiquettes
• Emergency details for all off roaders
• Off Road Driving - Roles & Responsibilities

Drive Details

Level:  Fewbie and above (all levels)

Meeting time:  21:00

Meeting Point:https://maps.app.goo.gl/mZiEZaFTEn9LSjeW8

What to bring along: Loads of water, snacks (for yourself), smiles, face masks, rubber gloves, enthusiasm, and willingness to learn.

Approximate finish time: 23:59

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

RECOMMENDED OFF-ROAD GEAR:

• Tire deflator & Tire pressure gauge
• Compressor (MANDATORY)
• Walkie-talkie radio (MANDATORY)
• Off-road flag (MANDATORY)
• Shovel, Tow Rope & 2 Shackles
• First-aid kit
• Fire extinguisher.

LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE

• This drive is limited to 10 cars only. RSVP will close on tuesday - 2 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 

 

[M.Seidam]

 

Dear Night Riders

Hello and welcome to another episode of my night drives and this time we a have no moon and we will be entirly driving in the dark .nevertheless keeping focus and senses super alert is fundemetal to such drives regardless of level. what you do in day lights will fall to half magnitude obviously . speed , distance between vehicles ..etc and this dictates a strict adherence to the convoy disiplines to get out safe eventually.

for those who never drove in the dark in a convoy you dont need offroad lights for that and what you need is just to follow the car infront of you and pay attention to the radio always . do not let anything to distract you.

please check finally on your gear as per level including a fully charged radio as well as your car condition especially your stock light .

convoy list will be done and displayed here just couple hours before the drive.

see you all by 21:00 sharp today at the meeting point given in the topic and drive calender above .

P.S : Please if you can bring your camping chair along in the trunck of your tuck 😉

Cheers

Seidam

 

[M.Seidam]

Dear Night Riders 

Please note that RSVP is closed 

our radio channel will be on 2 

please find the convoy order as below 

1. Seidam 

2. @Faraz94

3. @Zsolt

4. @Mads

5. @Mei ling

6. @Luke K P

7. @Jose Luis Campos

8. @topgear

9. @nithish468

10. @Glenn W

11. @ChrisW

 

see you all inshallah by 21:00 or bit earlier 

Cheers

Seidam

[Luke K P]

See you tonight!

I'll bring the Karak!

[Mads]

See you all, looking forward to this.

[Luke K P]

What a great drive last night. Thanks @M.Seidam for organising and leading us through the dunes. 

We had a number of people who were doing their first fewbies and or night drive... But from looking at how the convoy moved you wouldn't know at all.

We started easing into it with some small pristine dunes..doing some criss cross ridge crossing and straight up and overs. As the convoy gained confidence we headed towards love lake and picked up the speed!

The lines we took were flowing and really allowed us to keep the momentum and movement as a convoy during the dark night. Great team effort!

After a short break here we moved across to another lake where @M.Seidam provided a a great array of sandwiches and dates and drinks for suhor! We all sat around and chatted while enjoying these snacks. Thanks again it was a lovely picnic.

It was starting to get late so we headed to the exit and ended drive. Really strong drive from everyone... Hope to see you all in the sand again soon.

(Only first half of drive recorded whoops! Hopefully @ChrisW can provide some more complete drive stats!)

Edited March 26, 2025 by Luke K P

[ChrisW]

A wonderful drive last night, thank you @M.Seidam - a great area to drive in the dark, and you hosted a very generous desert suhoor!

 

A couple of videos of our convoy…

Qudra Night Drive 1

Qudra Night Drive 2

 

A nice night with new friends and old:

 

Ramadan Kareem!

[M.Seidam]

Dear friends 

 

@Faraz94 @Zsolt @Mads @Mei ling @Luke K P @Jose Luis Campos @topgear @nithish468 @Glenn W @ChrisW

Indeed it was a lovely night drive , moonless and chilli but made warm by the good accompany and fantastic convoy members. Thank you all for coming on time to share this never ending passion. it was Great pleasure to meet new faces and see older ones . 

Highlights :

it was already highlighted by the beautiful drive report description above by @Luke K P and @ChrisW nice clips . Guys you did amazing in the middle and at the rear of the convoy supporting and Guiding in precision our fellow drivers.  Thank you a lot. 

@Faraz94 second time in a row and never disappointing . You kept the distance and you played it safely as a perfect sec lead . Thanks brother .

@Zsolt@Mads and @Mei ling it was pleasure meeting you for the first time  and I was impressed how you handle it guys smoothly . Great driving.

@Jose Luis Campos happy to see you again my friend after the pink rock . I hope you liked the night drive . 

@topgear my friend i am so happy to see you after such a long time Hello from me and Abdallah to your Son.

@nithish468 nice self recovery on the slope and probably that was the spice added to the picnic . Thanks for coming bro. 
@Glenn W it’s always please to have you in any drive my friend. Flawlessly driving . 

Last but not the least I am delighted that you liked the drive and the humble Sohor and dates I managed to arrange . .. oh I almost forgot @Luke K P thanks for the Karak it was just the right one in this chilly night . 
 

see you all guys soon stay safe . 
 

below is relive 

Drive route map 

[Zsolt]

Dear @M.Seidam - thank you once more for the wonderful drive and arrangements! 
it was a fantastic evening with the whole Team! 
 

[topgear]

Late is better than never... It was a great and relaxing night drive. I has been a while since I did a night drive and enjoyed it immensely. I came from an iftar event straight to the meeting point. Glad that everything worked out timing wise without any traffic fines. 😅

@M.Seidam Thanks for organizing this and for the suhoor treat towards the end of the drive. It was very generous of you. 

@Luke K P @ChrisW Thanks for all the support to the convoy and thanks for the warm karak chai from Luke. 

@Faraz94 Thanks for the support as SL.

 @Zsolt @Mads @Mei ling  @Jose Luis Campos@nithish468 @Glenn W To all other convoy members, I hope to see you all at other drives. Thanks for making this drive a great one.