English Controlled Assessment Journeys

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Llangollen Town sits in the middle of a wide valley, surrounded by overgrown hills which grow trees like algae on a wet rock.

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The River Dee flows through the centre of the town, under an elevated, gothic bridge.

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The bridge supports thousands of drivers and tourists every day.

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The town is littered with baroque-style houses and shops.

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These buildings become sparser in the outskirts and the roads turn into a complicated maze of crossroads and dead ends.

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Trying to find the campsite takes an hour to find in the complex road system.

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Camping in the countryside town is an adventurous experience.

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Not only do you sense nature and its mildly hostile atmosphere, you feel and hear the heavy rain on your head and tent; you smell the strong morning dew of wet grass; taste the bitter, dry morning flavour; hear the strong wind blow, rustling through the trees and shaking the tents violently.

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When you leave your tent in the morning for a warm cup of tea, you enter a wasteland of powerful winds as strong as storms and feel as if the world is shaking as the tents tremble.

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Sentience is found when you return to your tent, which has now been infected by colonies of bugs and insects.

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I can't wait to leave.