Horizon Chasing
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Delays, delays, delays….
So back in September I drove through a yellow light here in the UAE. It went red as I passed, which means I ended up with a £200 fine and the car (the Ford) being impounded for 15 days. I took the Ford into the impound yard last week to serve her time. This means,…
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Bumblebee!
Yessssss 🙂 Finally, a real car. Thanks to the very excellent Mr Nick Derbyshire I am now the owner of Bumblebee, a 1996 Camel Trophy Edition Discovery. Nick has done a lot to her to augment her LR Special Vehicles Gulf spec – she is Camel Trophy Edition rather than Camel Trophy event car (my old…
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Exploring wadis after flash floods – and hoping for a Camel
I spent the previous weekend on two jobs – a recce for a more full-on visit to Wadi Shawka in Ras Al Khaimah, and more work on trying to sort a decent Land Rover. There has been some rain recently in the UAE and this has resulted in flash floods. Fujeirah is the most mountainous…
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Next run out….
Getting back from a trip always causes a slump in morale 🙂 The Salalah run was pretty full-on, with about 37 hours of driving in three days – almost sensory overload in terms of new places, contrasting landscapes and sorting the logistics of it all. Then suddenly back to reality 🙂 Especially since I got…
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Oman again
Oman is a beautiful country with many contrasting and absorbing biomes. The north has a semi-desert coastline fronting a mountain range, the Hajjar, which can get quite wet. The centre holds the Jiddat Al-Harasis, a large stony desert strewn with meteorites and home to oryx and gazelle. The south is Dhofar, and it’s green! Very…
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