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What an awesome afternoon drive. The weather started off warm but we had a pleasant breeze during the briefing under the trees. Starting off heading east practising the basics of up and over crossing of dunes, we built up confidence and doubled back towards the e75 where we took a quick break. From here we headed east again towards Qudra. Some ridge riding and sidies helped us navigate past the mud rock and mud flats that are still around from those rains. We eventually hit Cresent lake and did a quick reconnaissance of the area, stopping to see if the FJ on the hill needed rescuing, before following the bike track out. 2km from the exit I managed to slide off the side of the path and get well and truely STUCK. @Vanessa8580gave me a quick tug, and we started inflation with a beautiful sunset. Everyone drive great in very varied terrain! Thanks @Ale Vallecchi @Andrew John Melvill and @Vanessa8580 for leading us from Ghantoot to Qudra. 50km of sand! Well done everyone 👍👍👍 Please add any pics you want to share to the gallery https://carnity.com/gallery/category/2041-newbie-ghantoot-searching-for-oryx-abu-dhabi-11-may-2024/

See U next time @Robk

i couldnt find any nice natural colour ones, and ended up getting this 3 way unit from ACE https://www.aceuae.com/en-ae/wild-land-galaxy-solar-light-w-tripod-and-bag-1.8-m/2274533.html detachable work light, usb-c charging. sits up quite high and can push out a lot of light, but also multiple dimming modes. Works for me for bbq'ing at night.

just make sure you get something sturdy. Once I bought a jack for offroad it moved little by little around inside my plastic box i was using, and eventually cracked the sides. now i strap my jack down to another tiedown point so it cant move around at all but separate to the rest of my 'soft gear' I've also seen some people use a small suitcase. which seems to work pretty well giving you two sides to work with and fits well into trunks, and can be strapped down easily.

I have everything stowed in a toolbox, which is secured using ratchet straps from Amazon. I also have some shovel rubber mounts which I have installed on the inside boot area so that during drives I can get quick access to my Shovel to dig myself and others out without having to disconnect all the straps and do them back up after. See you on a drive sometime!

Hi @Zubail, you can click on the calendar again, and remove yourself from the going list, Then you can click 'going' on the Dubai twilight newbie drive

Awesome @Ishak I bet you'll have a great time on those IM drives!

throwback to the last known photo of LRDG back in 1943,,, i mean 2023 😆 hope to see you all for some further lomg distance patrols soon. 💪