Morning Fewbie Desert Drive - Sweihan's Hidden Gems - Abu Dhabi - 06 Sep 2025

[Frederic]

DRIVE DESCRIPTION

Starting from the Tilal Sweihan Race Track, the plan is to explore the entire area and travel South towards the famous Bedford Trucks. Expect a good paced drive with some technical challenges along the way.

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: 6:30 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions)

Meeting Point:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/j3gugsF8RJDdQwrw8

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.

Approximate finish time: 10:30 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 back - Without any exceptions.
• Members without RSVP will be returned back - 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

RSVP HERE BELOW

 

[Frederic]

RSVP IS NOW CLOSED

@Soap@Diego@Zahid Sharif@Aser@Krinesh@Danie@Zsolt@ChrisW@Mei Ling@Ahmed Farouk@Mohit Gurnani@Jeandre Bezuidenhout@Faraz94@Zed@Luke K P

Thank you all for signing up!

As you can see we have a big train tomorrow, which no doubt will be great fun, and its great to see this signup even before winter.

As we are in @Luke K P his backyard, he will be leading most of the drive. I will be responsible for the warmup as CEO (Chief Entertainment Officer), where Luke will be our CTO (Chief Tracks Officer) 😆.

With @ChrisW and @Aserin the support, and @Zedin the sweep, our Abu Dhabi team is almost complete. 

Please try to arrive 15 mins early. There is an ADNOC nearby the starting point so that is also helpful. 

The drive plan will be a mix of technical and some spaced dunes, and the plan is to visit the well-known old Bedford trucks parked in the middle of this area. Once we found them, we will exit at the nearest road, or loop back to the starting point if we still have the time.

We will be using Channel 4: 446.081 Mhz.

See you all tomorrow!

 

 

 

 

 

[ChrisW]

Hey @Frederic - looking forward to this one!

 

Just wanted to double double check the meet point - which side of the fence line are we deflating?

 

[Frederic]

6 minutes ago, ChrisW said:

Hey @Frederic - looking forward to this one!

 

Just wanted to double double check the meet point - which side of the fence line are we deflating?

 

Just on the left hand side when you come from the roundabout, But however arrives first decides  

[Frederic]

11 minutes ago, ChrisW said:

Hey @Frederic - looking forward to this one!

 

Just wanted to double double check the meet point - which side of the fence line are we deflating?

 

I've moved the meeting point a bit further down, closer to the cellular tower. That's the spot we usually deflate. Thanks @ChrisW !

[_luke_]

16 minutes ago, Frederic said:

I've moved the meeting point a bit further down, closer to the cellular tower. That's the spot we usually deflate. Thanks @ChrisW !

Some call it 'closer to the cellular tower', others call it 'closer to the 1am shawarma shack'

[Mohit Gurnani]

My apologies, forgot to change my RSVP earlier. Will have to drop out due to another commitment. Have a great one.

[Zed]

1 hour ago, Frederic said:

the plan is to visit the well-known old Bedford trucks parked in the middle of this area.

@Frederic is this the same Bedford we went in the night drive? (down South towards Khazna) 

If so,  @Luke K P  the Three Trees at (24.3604826, 55.1601796)  is a good resting point halfway towards Bedford. Some shades for good coffee & laugh 👍

[Frederic]

1 hour ago, Zed said:

@Frederic is this the same Bedford we went in the night drive? (down South towards Khazna) 

If so,  @Luke K P  the Three Trees at (24.3604826, 55.1601796)  is a good resting point halfway towards Bedford. Some shades for good coffee & laugh 👍

Yup 👍 

[Frederic]

Added you @Giacomo as there was a dropout. You can take position 13 in the convoy. See you tomorrow!