"I am on holiday, standing on a coastal headland under a bright blue dome of sky, the wind light and warm, looking at the weather app on my phone. The forecast and the scene are in agreement: it's a nice day. I scroll through all the locations where I've previously felt the need to check the weather Exeter, Marseille, York until I get to London, where, it turns out, it's also pretty nice."
"I would rather it rained on this headland than over the hole in my roof. Try to look as though you're having a good time, my wife says, catching me up on the path down to the beach. I am, I say. You've got this terrible pained expression on your face, she says. The pained expression, I say, is me trying. The dog is capering up and down the narrow, winding path, occasionally disappearing over seemingly sheer drops."
A person stands on a coastal headland beneath a bright blue sky, checking a weather app that matches the pleasant scene. They scroll through past locations and find London also fair. The trip goes ahead despite an urgent roofing appointment at home, leaving mood dependent on holiday weather and the roofing situation. The person would prefer rain at home to justify travel, yet would rather rain fall on the headland than on the hole in the roof. Walking to the beach, they force a smile while feeling pained. A dog capers along a narrow, winding path and sometimes disappears over sheer drops, provoking acrophobia-by-proxy and anxiety about potential rescue, so the person waits on a rock and resists checking the phone.
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