Camping Blogposts
Introducing the Viking Explorer to “real” dune driving
It's not often I have a free weekend, but after committing to a really big drive, then having to cancel it due to standing-by for some work, which didn't materialise, on Friday I was left without anyone to go to the desert with (believe that if you will.....). For...
++Dark Skies Challenge 2014
On the last weekend of October 2014 Oasis Offroad ran a special trip titled "the Dark Skies Challenge." The concept was simple - teams of four had to work their way over 100kms of sand dunes to find "buried treasure" and camp for the night under a super-dark sky. We...
**Jebel Akhdar in the Summer
The Ultimate Omani Odyssey: Camping
You might have noticed I've been away for a good chunk of October, the reason for the blogging hiatus is that we were on a 20 day grand off-road tour of neighbouring Oman. The first 8 days were spent following Mike Nott, he of Offroad Adventure Routes: UAE and Oman...
??A visit to the “Wild West” of the UAE
The Western Part of the UAE is about 99.9% desert, and is known as the Maghrib area. I'd never gone beyond the big dunes in the Arada area, so back in November when Kevin of ME4x4 let me know about a 2 day driving and camping trip here I instantly said yes! In fact...
Eid Fundraising Camping Trip
The Pink Ladies needed a new sewing machine and scissors, as well as a float to buy some cash for materials (Tawam reimburse us for the fabric etc but having our own float means that none of our ladies are ever out of pocket). So the challenge was to raise about...
Marina’s Desert Kitchen
People who know me are aware that sometimes I do a bit of cooking in the desert.... Boxing Day Brunch 2011 Breakfast in Arada (Liwa), ADDC April 2012 A friend once commented that after a bad experience wadi camping where everybody was cold and...
The Scottish Trip
Forgive me readers, it's a bit overdue, but I've been busy living life to the full...... Last year we did a "late late Burn's night trip" and this was such a success we decided to run it again this year. The musical hit of last year was "Donald where's your...