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Dear Desert Wanderers @Gertjan @essam ibrahim @Bjoern @Rafey Hashmi @Patrick van der Loo @Dan S @DanielN @Ishak and @Cha what a fantastic way to start the weekend, I cannot thank you all enough for making the drive a memorable one and a very enjoyable one. We started off on time only to get stuck behind a very large camel train. In our attempt to navigate them we hit some technical dunes, however, you all handled them brilliantly. We then got into our stride on the mid to long range flowing dunes of Nahel, we made good pace and covered a total of just short of 51 km’s. The distance covered shows how well you all drove with only one or two sticks and a couple of refusals. We could not get to Solar park due to the festivities there, we will try again in the near future. A big thank you to the guys at second lead and Sweep, @Bjoern and @Gertjan respectively, you guys both did a fantastic job and kept me informed all the way through. A special thank you to the busiest guy in the convoy @Cha, amazing support and patience as you worked through the issues we had and resolved them with the utmost professionalism. Drive stats I hope you all enjoyed the drive as much as I did and that you all have a fantastic weekend.

Just at the carwash so thought to use the time to say thanks @Islam Soliman for taking us through the sands. Thanks @anish and @Simon D for the support! Well done to @Rahul6157 and @Rohit Deginal for your first outing on the sand. You both did great, following instructions, not fighting gravity and self recovering from one or two stucks. Others Infront of me and directly behind did very well. Key learning of the day were balancing the gap to the car Infront and choosing right place to stop, or start when the convoy got moving again. I became the victim of this shortly after Rahul's stuck but managed to self recover with aggressive right and left steering along with blipblip of the throttle. We also got to learn the use of the shovel for self recoveries from a crest, digging a V channel in front and behind the crested car. . . . And a little bit of a push at the end too! See you all again soon!

Dear Desertnauts, while waiting for the last waypoint, here's the convoy's order: @Salim Akhtar in Second Lead @Tareq Al Turq at #3 @Jona at #4 @Beide Worku at #5 and @Imteeaz in Sweep. The drive is straightforward in principle. Given the planned waypoints, so far, we'll drive as quickly as possible the rather long distance between the entry and the first marked point. From there, we'll snake around to reach and circle the other ones. Looking around for other potentially interesting places to see. Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow morning.

Non stop fun and a bucket full of learning! That’s @Davie Chase rides for me. Excellent drive. Great pacing. Outstanding support @Bjoern, @Cha, @Gertjan! 🙏 @Dan S - 🫡 I cheer for you on the sidelines always! 🤙🏼See you tomorrow

Dear @Davie Chase and Desert Wanderers, thanks for a great morning in the sand! I have never done this part of Nahil. It is indeed a lovely area. I did get a bit trigger happy with the camera. Some pics in the gallery. Enjoy! See you all soon on the sand.

Thank you @Tareq Al Turq for choosing a technical area. Posted as below.