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Thank you @Rahimdad for a great morning drive! Really pleased to hear your Pathfinder made it back home and hope it is an easy fix on the power steering. It was nice to tick off Fossil Rock and Faya off the list once we got going again. It is one big playground! The whole morning was smooth for me and while the clutch issue ultimately stopped play, I feel lucky it happened towards the end of extra time. 😀 I have been having issues with my clutch for a while. The workshop previously checked it when it was in for a full service as I mentioned it was clicking thought out the travel range and said it had another 20k of life left so not recommended to change now. It looks like I have no choice now! Thank you so much to you for checking on the car and @Tbonethe tow out to the road. I was surprised that the road was so close to where we decended Faya. Thank you also to @Roger K and @Yawafor coming back to check in while waiting for the recovery truck. Very pleased to report the flatbed truck arrived in a prompt 35 minutes (was dispatched from Sharjah Industrial area) and could locate me easily as adjacent to the quad bike rental shop. Very nice guy called Ali loaded it up in a few minutes and we had a very smooth journey to the Al Quoz workshop chatting all the way on his war stories during his previous decade in Dubai as a Dubai taxi driver! The workshop was closed for Friday so I was planning to come back on Saturday morning to hand over the keys. As we were unloading the Jeep, the workshop manager and his wife coincidentally was coming back from their own desert academy drive and quickly checked the car and took the keys in with the promise of a report today. So let's see! I have some pictures which I will upload to the gallery once the Folder for yesterday's drive is created. It was lovely to see everyone again and to meet new enthusiasts. 😊

Thanks very much @Wrangeld for the report. It was also fabulous to see many experienced and newbie ladies join the drive. What a super event! @Lakshmi Narasimhan glad to see you sorted your tyre pressure issue. I think I have been with you on a few drives and great to follow immediately behind you and see zero stuck and refusals throughout the afternoon. Am sure you are putting all the tips to good use (or the off-road tyres and the lift kit is proving to be a good investment!). I can hear you put good use of the revs to keep it in the optimal torque band on the climbs. 😀👍 No doubt @Shehab Alawadhi will say it is because you followed in his tracks 😁😁😁 In any event, amazing progress buddy! However, even though not strictly Carnity approved, the "unintentional" launch of @Pacific's Wrangler across the crest of a dune was most amusing to watch! Glad she emerged unscathed 😀 Until next time.

Good morning and happy easter to those celebrating. If there is a space for this afternoon, I'd love to join as well 😃 I see there are some withdrawals and some "maybe" so no pressure if otherwise full, will keep an eye on this. Thanks!

@Vanessa8580 and the leads thank you for your unfailing energy and for a super drive this morning! @Warren Flay I hope my missus doesn’t see your post😂 but I can certain say it was a totally different experience in the LC today when compared to my manual Wrangler. P.s. you forgot “ventilated” on the seats 😅 @Gautamaialni @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil and everyone else on the drive - very nice to see / meet you all... And I found the radio banter most amusing this morning 😜 Till next time - stay safe and have a fab weekend 👍

Hi Vanessa - my Jeep is at the workshop having the clutch checked as it is clicking. It was supposed to be ready today but it will now be ready only on Saturday. I am still in for tomorrow (will take my wife's Land Cruiser)😃

Thank you all for the pics and to the leads for the drive! The sand was pretty choppy and this felt like an Newbie Plus drive at times! Spectacular to see Pink Rock but that was shadowed by the presence of Michel's classic FJ! Did not have the chance to take a closer look so hopefully next time 😃 Have a great week ahead...weather is certainly turning the corner and getting warmer...

Thank you! See you all bright and early 😃

Really nice to see everyone for the Lisali drive yesterday. Thanks to @Wrangeld and the leads for keeping us all together and explaining the steps for the self recoveries and assisted recoveries in good detail. Until the next drive! 😀

Thanks for the convoy list @Wrangeld. I collected by Wrangler from servicing this afternoon so am excited to reconfirm that I am in 🙂 My Wrangler is a SWB (not sure it makes a difference to your convoy list). Thanks and see everyone tomorrow!