Put each verb in brackets into a suitable past tense.

This time last year I (1) ___ (cycle) in the rain along a country road in France with a friend of mine.

 We (2)___ (decide) to go on a cycling holiday in Normandy. Neither of us (3) ___ (go) to France before, but we (4) ___ (know) some French from our time at school and we (5)___ (manage) to brush up on the basics.

 Now we (6) ___ (wonder) if we (7) ___ (make) the right decision.

 We (8) ___ (plan) our route carefully in advance, but we (9) ___ (forget) one important thing, the weather.

It (10) ___ (rain) solidly since our arrival and that night we (11) ___ (end up) sleeping in the waiting room at a railway station.

Then the next morning as we (12) ___ (ride) down a steep hill my bike (13) ___ (skid) on the wet road and I (14)___ (fall off).

I (15) ___ (realise) immediately that I (16) ___ (break) my arm, and after a visit to the local hospital I (17___ (catch) the next train to Calais for the ferry home.

Unfortunately my parents (18) ___ (not expect) me home for a fortnight, and (19) ___ (go) away on holiday.

So I (20) ___ (spend) a miserable couple of weeks alone, reading Teach Yourself French.