Morning Newbie Desert Drive - Surrounding The Solar Park - Dubai - 29 Jun 2025

[_Herman_]

@Frederic, what a fantastic drive we enjoyed today!  Thank you so so much, it had all the ingredients!

Good scenery, a variety of dunes and challenges, a nice mix of stucks that taught us a thing or two, tremendous fun on longer slopes and good driving between them.  Just awesome!

@Vanessa8580 very nice meeting you and it was really good driving behind you, tried to learn from your well-chosen lines.

 @essam ibrahim Thanks for the sweep, and allowing us the entertainment of seeing your 409 horses race uphill 😊

And let’s not forget a thank you to the rest of the group for being such good company ☝️👍🏻👍🏻

[Soap]

Thanks for another wonderful ride.

 

[Frederic]

Thank you all for joining this morning! Our little concept of surrounding the solar park was not the easiest thing to do. We first headed deep into Faqa as i wanted us to have some fun in the bigger dunes. As the sand is very soft these days this meant a few times we had to unleash all the horses we had in our stable  

Eventually i had to start heading north, and we know in the closer vicinity of the solar park the dunes get smaller and smaller, and with lots of vegetation around it. It meant doing some yoga poses and dealing with some refusals here and there, but nothing @Vanessa8580 couldn't deal with. 

Her unwavering support kept us going, crawling through the tiny gaps and bumpy passages. But suddenly the solar panels started to emerge and we knew the exit wasn't too far. 

Surprisingly this is where we found a big KIA SUV with a guy adament to drive to the nearby military camp, but found himself stuck on a soft patch of the gatch track. We gave him a slight tug and @Mahesh_ was so kind to share mobile numbers so in case he had another issue he could still get in touch with us.

The amount of construction at the solar park surprised me as it has been a while since i was there. We had to do a lot of loops and drive parallel to the bicycle tracks for a while to find a clean exit where we could park and inflate. 

We clocked an impressive 61kms. You guys and gals all drove amazing. I threw some challenges at you but you all kept a smile and pushed on. 

I was a bit unlucky that 5mins into the drive my AC gave up. In the early morning this was no issue but towards the end i felt like a boiled egg 😁 Maybe that's why i couldn't find a proper exit at the Solar park  

See you all soon in the sand again !

Wikiloc | DXB-Faqa to Solar. Trail

[Mahesh_]

Thank you all for today’s drive and see you again on the next one.