8542RB Reading for Me Level 5 Part A

Factual
My Disastrous Camping Trip
Friday
The weather has been glorious for weeks, with beautiful sunshine and
bright blue skies while we have been stuck inside a classroom at boring
school. Finally, the holidays are here! Tomorrow, we are going camping
and I can’t wait. I’ve packed my bag with shorts, T-shirts, sunscreen, my
sunglasses, a book, a torch and shoes. My parents are sorting the camping
stuff. We have borrowed my uncle’s fancy tent
with inflatable poles, two bedroom compartments
and a central area. We also have a camping
stove, cosy sleeping bags and airbeds.
Saturday
I was rudely awakened this morning by my
irritating younger sister but I didn’t mind too
much. My parents had already loaded the car
and the bikes were fitted onto the roof. We weren’t allowed to take
our phones or tablets camping, which was a bit annoying, but I was still
excited. We finally set off …
Suddenly, we came to a halt because the traffic was at a standstill. We
were going nowhere. Impatiently, people honked their horns and drivers
shouted at each other. It took three hours to get through the roadworks.
There was nothing to do, I was so bored. I couldn’t believe our parents
hadn’t allowed us to bring our tablets.
We cheered when we slowly began to set off again. Then the torrential
rain started. The sky turned black and thunderous-looking clouds rolled
overhead. Rain pounded the windows, bulbous drops slid down the glass
and I was wishing I had packed a waterproof coat.
Finally, we arrived at the campsite but it didn’t look quite like the
brochure. Surprisingly, the entrance gate was broken and the pitches
looked like a sea of brown sludge with just the odd spike of green grass
poking through. We were allotted a space right next to the bathroom
facilities, which were extraordinarily stinky. I had to hold my nose as I got
out of the car and promptly lost my shoe in the mud. Unbelievably, my
parents managed to erect the tent in the drizzling rain. I was so frozen I
couldn’t get into my sleeping bag fast enough!
Sunday
What a disastrous night! A barking dog kept us awake and I just couldn’t
get warm in my sleeping bag. Unfortunately, the inflatable poles didn’t
hold up and the tent deflated and collapsed in the middle of the night. By
5 am we were back in the car and heading home.
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