ChrisW

Perfect - I’m in.

@Ale Vallecchi Looks like our attendance list has changed and Khlief has dropped out.

AM preferable for me, but can support PM if majority favour then.

Hey @Ale Vallecchi, no problems - thanks for the early heads up. I’m currently due to support @Looper’s drive on Saturday morning, however I note that @Bjoern is also listed for that drive - so I could drop from there and instead support your drive on Saturday morning. I cannot do Sunday unfortunately. I’ll stay signed up to Looper’s drive for now, and if you change this to Saturday morning I’ll flip over.

Haha, thanks @Marek and @Sam Selim- I did tell people I wanted plenty of opportunities to learn recoveries, and many members of the club have been only to happy to help!

Thanks @Zubail! Been a while since I last saw you, hopefully catch up soon.

@Ishak @Diego @Andrew John Melvill Thank you! Been a great pleasure driving with you all and looking forward to more good times! @Frederic Thanks! A thought to hold onto in these summer months 😂

Dear @Gaurav - Many thanks for the opportunity, and I am looking forward to actively supporting the club and helping out. @khurramm @Luke K P @M.Seidam @Aser @Mike M. @Mahesh_ @Jose Luis Campos - Thank you! It’s been a pleasure driving with you, and I appreciate the kind words. And to Luke and the Doc, looking forward to supporting your drives in the future!

Good work, @J-P L - well done. Looking forward to driving with you again soon.

Thanks @Emanuel - the thought was there at least 😉

Congrats @Luke K P, @Emmanuel and @Ishak - fantastic seeing you progress with Carnity, and I look forward to joining drives led by you all in the future.

That was a really fun drive. @M.Seidam thanks for leading, that was a lovely route with a nice mix of interesting views, easy lines and a couple of technical parts to sharpen skills on. Everyone did really well, evidenced by the very flat sand you kindly left for me at the back! @Imran Asghar I’m really pleased you’re resurrecting the YouTube channel. I’ve found it’s nice just to keep a diary of drives - something to look back on in later years!

Looking forward to joining everyone for what will be my 50th Carnity drive!

That was a really fun morning out! A small but perfectly formed convoy. @Asif Hussain - Thank you for leading a well paced drive on some exciting lines. Always a relaxed but demanding drive with you. Also thanks for the second lead position - really enjoy the chance to take an active role in the convoy. @Johannes Roux - Great work today, watching you in my rear-view, you made some great calls and dealt with everything well. This was a great drive to start your FB+ journey with! @Luke K P - Pleasure as always, and you got to use all the toys today! Shovels, ropes, shackles, jacks, boards…top work 😂

The ChrisW winching service: we’re not happy until you’re not happy!

Thank you again for the late step in, @Asif Hussain - the drive was excellent, very good fun. Really enjoyed myself, you picked some great lines and led the convoy well. Everyone drove to a really high standard as well - impressive that we kept flowing given the size of the dunes and softness of sand!

I’m late to the party here! Congrats @Luke K P, really pleased for you - looking forward to seeing your calm demeanour and colourful clothes doing more with Carnity!

Thank you, Asif! I’m in. In view of the heat I wonder if we should aim to be driving by 6am

All fixed! I think mine was Buggies Dune.

The place is such an amazing adventure, the dunes so big, it’s always tempting to push it a little further. I was wondering if this sidey is the same dune as the one @Frederic ran on - as you can see, looks super easy, tempting to push it…but those contours in the sand can throw a car out of shape so quickly. It certainly exercised the full range of my suspension!

So my biggest “oh no” moment that I caught on camera is probably this one. Left side is forward view and right side is looking backwards. Very simple…tall ridge crossing, super soft on top, @Zed managed to miraculously pop across the top of the ridge without breaking it for me (😂), and I didn’t anticipate just how quickly my front diff would plough the ridge and bring me to a stop (you can see the approach speed was fairly high…but the momentum disappeared super quick). What made this an “oh no” rather than an “oh <choose your expletive here>” is @Marek leaving enough room to also come to a stop, and the car behind him in turn having the room to turn down. Great lesson in giving yourself enough distance to watch, think and react.

This was my biggest case of “famous last words”. Luke, Zeddy and I did a short local drive by ourselves, and I mentioned before we started that I’d just had a winch fitted and wanted to try it out. Luke very kindly offered me the opportunity… 😂 Happily the winch works great and Luke was the first in a long list of happy customers!

See you out there my follow travellers.

Good work @Diego - looking forward to seeing you and the mighty Raptor out soon!