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Dear desert wanderers @ChrisW, @Martin M, @Carl Stanley, @essam ibrahim, @Emanuel, @J-P L, @Ahmed Farouk, @Misha Puskar, @Johannes Roux and @Sandeep Nayar, below is the convoy order for tomorrows drive, we will be using Ch4 446.081, please be at the meeting point Flag up and deflated by 07:00 so that we can get the most out of the beautiful Al Fayah desert.

Congrats @Martin Schwaiger enjoy the new level 😀

Congrats @Shaun J well deserved, the George cross is flying high by the way😀

Congrats @Marek enjoy the new level 😀

Congrats @ALEX 0171 Well deserved you drove really well on Saturday looking forward to you joining the higher level drives

@Abhishek Chikara there does not look to be any damage, so I do not see from the pic that you would ingest any unwanted particles into your engine and the damage does not look bad enough to impede air intake should be fine until next change out going by the pic

DRIVE DESCRIPTION Welcome to Carnity off road club Fewbie drive, meeting at Fayah meeting point of the beautiful Abu Dhabi Desert, please ensure your off-road gear is as per your rank and you bring lots of enthusiasm with you. 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: Sat 12th Oct 2024 7:00 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions) Meeting Point: https://maps.app.goo.gl/acreM77zLxB2MRu76 If you approach the gate it will open automatically. 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. Mandatory off-road gears: Tire deflator, tire pressure gauge, compressor, walkie-talkie radio, off-road flag, shovel, first-aid kit, Tow Rope, 2 Shackles and fire extinguisher. Note: Please ensure that all of your off-road gear is securely tied down with ratchet straps in the rear compartment of the vehicle. Bungy type tie downs are not suitable for tying down off-road gear. Approximate finish time: 11:00 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. PLEASE RSVP ON THE CALENDAR

Dear Desert Wanderers, @Ishak, @ALEX 0171, @Andreas Riis, @Jose Luis Campos, @Hetal, @Emanuel, @Sam_, @Yurybel, @Arvindraj, @Abhishek Chikara, @Andrei S and @Mehmet Volga Firstly, thank you for all showing up on time this allows us to get the briefing done and get away as early as possible to give us as much time in the sand as possible. I have shared some pictures of today's drive in the Gallery. I hope you all enjoyed the drive as much as I did and more importantly all had at least one learning experience, I am always learning as I drive with different people in different areas of the desert. Al Fayah is one of my favorite spots i must admit so it was a great pleasure for me to lead you through the thrills and unique beauty that it has to offer. You all drove exceptionally well, we did start off with a few refusals as we hit some of the softer patches and we got to grips with driving in softer sand, which is an art form all of its own. We then meandered to the desert fox inhabited rock formation (which is not actually rock but this description sounds best), where we had a photo opportunity, unfortunately we did not see any foxes today but there was evidence of activity in the area. we then continued on our way to the exit where we encountered a straight up and over that gave us our first Stucks of the day, the three shovelers grim (picture in the gallery) worked well to get most of them out until reverting to a little mechanical help for the last one, i think we were all pretty tired by that time :). we then sped across the last piece of desert to our exit poin. It was great to meet some new team members and see some old faces. A big shout out to the three musketeers that supported the drive today, @Ishak in S/L position, handling my instructions with precision and professionalism, keeping the right gap so you could react to my shouts of don't follow, weel done and great job. @Emanuel in the CF position, i hope not a baptism of fire on only your second support drive, you were extremely busy today but handled everything we the convoy could throw at you so well done and fantastic job supporting all the team members. And lasty but not at all least, @Mehmet Volga great job sweeping us today my friend, and fantastic prowess with the shovel, i was impressed by your shoveling skills I must admit seriously though, great support from all three of you I could not have managed without you so thanks again. Have a great weekend one and all and hope to see you all in the sand on one of my drives again very soon