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

[Giacomo]

2 minutes ago, Frederic said:

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

Noted, Thanks @Frederic and see you tomorrow!

[Danie]

Hi @Frederic, unfortunately I have to drop out of this one. My apologies for the late notice. Have a great drive!

[_luke_]

3 hours 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 👍

Thx @zeddy will have  a look

[Soap]

Good morning. I am not feeling well. I won’t be able to make it to the drive.

[_luke_]

Thanks everyone for an enjoyable morning! Hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did!

After a quick briefing we got started having a warm up in the dunes just south of the ADNOC station. Nice clean dunes and a couple of steep descents that was a good photo op for @Fredericto get some action shots. 

there was a quick break in the action for everyone to get photos of the 'dead snake' which then decided to surprise us by coming back to life and hiding under Freddy's car.

Continuing westwards we nearly made it to foxes dens, but our goal was further south across the sabkhas.

Just before the technical zone we stopped for a break to recharge, then crossed this section without issue. The prize of crossing all that greenery was some very nice flowing big dunes where we upped the speed and took some high lines. 

From here it was a short drive on some trails to see the Bedford trucks... We definately need to sticker them.next time 😅

It was great how well the convoy was moving.. so we got the up the pace and take some of the lines to FB+ style. 😎

Thanks to the supporting cars for the clear and concise comms during the drive, super helpful @Aser @ChrisW @Zed. 

We covered 62km in 4 hours 💪💪

See you all in the sand again sometime soon

 

[_luke_]

Thinking more about this drive today...

Maybe the 'Hidden Gems' were actually our fellow drivers in our convoy, right there in front of our faces the whole time, and never really hidden at all 😜😍🥰🥰🥰

[Frederic]

1 hour ago, Luke K P said:

Thinking more about this drive today...

Maybe the 'Hidden Gems' were actually our fellow drivers in our convoy, right there in front of our faces the whole time, and never really hidden at all 😜😍🥰🥰🥰

Absolutely. Everyone rose to the occasion and drove like champs. 

What a brilliant drive today. Loved every minute of it. From the laughter, watermelon, snake, and the Bedford trucks 🛻. We had all the ingredients in place today and your lead was superb. 
 

On to the next one ! Upwards and Forwards 🤣