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What a lovely morning. Everyone arrived on time and we were ready to set off at 0800 sharp. We started off heading south west away from the sun going through some fun terrain. After a couple of early refusals, we took a mini break to adjust and reset air pressure before continuing on. Took some nice selfies with the local camels as a prize for driving through so much green grass. The final section was a bit difficult with lots of greenery causing a lot of bumps and some rerouting! All in all it was great work from everyone. We covered around 50km in four hours Excellent morning thanks @Ale Vallecchi And congrats to @Andrew John Melvill on drive number 50! Thanks for the snacks!

thanks @Looper for this scenic drive! sadly, rubber bushings on sway bar gave up on my Yota and sway bar started banging the frame, which made me exit the drive earlier. But damn it was beautiful this morning! Wasn't it? And incredibly cold. But jeep owners are made different, I guess. My clock was showing 49F which, which is the lowest I've ever seen on this car (I have weird gauges, I know, I need to google to find out that 49F means "too cold to drive without a roof"). Damn. Happy Sunday gents!

Thanks @Ale Vallecchi for another great drive! Some really good technical training through tight dunes, soft sand and a forest of bushes. Great support as always from @Rob S and @Luke K P. And to the whole convoy and especially the Fewbie drivers, very well done!

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Congratulations @Ben Lee for reaching the Fewbie Plus Level with Carnity Offroad Club. Looking forward to seeing you growing further and helping others to learn the art of offroading in a safe environment. Please make sure your Carnity user profile is always updated with all the latest Emergency contact details. P.S. Trip lead might deny your participation if you don't have required off-road gear. FEWBIE PLUS Drives Attended (Indicative) Minimum 10 Fewbie drives are required within last 6 months for Fewbie Plus promotion. What you'll learn Advance dune and sand reading Advance recovery techniques Rocking and crawling to make path Learn to flatten/compact soft sand patch Self recovery from crest Advance side sloping and long hill climb Advance ridge riding and criss crossing Advance control over technical dunes Slightly faster pace desert driving FULLY control and avoid fishtailing Never fight or challenge gravity Skills required Enthusiastic and positive attitude Willingness to learn and help others Extremely attentive and focused while driving Car Worthiness Any 4x4 vehicle with low range gearing Suitable approach and departure angle Bash plate and skid plate protected Off-road gear required Safety flag, tire deflator, tire pressure gauge, shovel, fire extinguisher, medical kit, radio (walkie-talkie), air compressor. Drive teamwork Manage second lead and sweep positions upon request Intuitive and proactive to support Trip Lead Observe recoveries and offer help, when needed Drive Joining Join Newbie, Fewbie and Fewbie Plus drives Forum participation Active participation on the forum Share drive experience + feedback Share drive pictures in the gallery Post trip report after the drive

Sorry. I couldn’t come as I received the message at the last minute. Hope you guys had fun!

@Jessica Lambert great video for the gallery of a Popout in action.

Haha…very good. I’m either brave or stupid, and fortunately the difference between the two is almost impossible to tell 😂😂 Best of luck with the repair, real shame to see you leave early! @Looper Thank you for another excellent drive this morning. The “Part 3” section was a real delight.

Great drive thoroughly enjoyed it .Thanks for recovery with 4lo , diff lock and crawl

Was a superb drive. Great support from @Gaurav, @Ishak, @Faraz94, @Zubail, @Mohit Gurnani, and all others. Thank you all. See you again.

Thanks to all .was a very good drive !!

Thanks again for a fun morning out @Looper - it’s been a while since I’ve driven on more technical dunes and this type of sand. It was both fun with the well paced sections towards the start, and a good test of skills with the soft sections, especially with the progressive churning of the sand! See below a couple of snaps…firstly of the leader showing the way, and then the much more rare sight of the three way towing… 😂

Dear Desert wanders, @Arvindraj, @Carl Stanley, @Jessica Lambert, @Gilberto, @essam ibrahim, @Abhishek Chikara, @Yurybel, @Mehmet Volga, @Emanuel, @Benje_Junior, @Gary F, @Glenn W, @Talal H, @JohanE, and @Dan S firstly thank you all for being on time on this chilly (8 degrees brrrrrrr) Saturday morning, this made the briefing and departure also on time which always gives us more time to play in the sand. We did encountered a few minor refusals in the first part of the drive, which were all handled expertly by our team of 4 support members @Emanuel, @Gary F, @Benje_Junior and @Mehmet Volga. The terrain was a tad tricky in places with either a hard corrugated top layer and soft underneath or vis versa and very soft on top and hard underneath, this mix was due to the rain showers the day before. However, you guys all drove amazingly well and coped with all that we could throw at you. I would like to thank you all for your patience as we dealt with the two pop offs and the one wheel change that we had to perform along with a couple of stucks that we had to unstick :):) Brilliant Second lead from @Jessica Lambert, lines were perfect, comms were spot on warning the drivers behind of potential hazards as they arrive, and moving left and right at a minutes notice when i got the lines wrong. great Job Jessica. And you got to see a fox at the rock formation break which i have renamed foxes lair on my GPS. Fantastic support as already mentioned from our 3 center forwards @Emanuel, @Benje_Junior, @Gary F and our sweep @Mehmet Volga, great job guys could not have done it without you as such a great team spirit between you all to get the issues squared away quickly and easily. Some pics in the gallery A little Relive video for those that would like to re-live the experience Fewbie Jan 4 Fayah on Relive! https://www.relive.cc/view/vYvr1pN4ALq Some stats for those that like a good stat Have a great rest of your weekend and hope to see you in the sand again very soon.

Congratulations @Ishak 👏

@LooperApologies Ian running late by 15mts is it ok

@Ale Vallecchi unfortunately I will have to drop out of the drive, woke up not feeling well. See you all next time