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If you're interested in English and some of its best-known literature, you may well know of the 'Alice' books by Lewis Carroll (real name: Charles Lutwidge Dogdson) ~ who was in fact a teacher of mathematics and logic at the University of Oxford, about 150 years ago. The books are full of word-play (like the poem 'Jabberwocky') and logical tricks. At one point there is a poem about 'The Walrus and the Carpenter', which begins:
'The sun ... ... on the sea, Shining with all his might (...)
And this ... ... odd, because it was The middle of the night.'
... shone ... / ... was ...
... was shining ... / ... was being ...
... was shining ... / ... was ...
... shone ... / ... was being ...
The first part would normally be in the Present Continuous but suggesting the future (with the idea of 'while you are, or will be, travelling': this is a process that necessarily has a certain length to it!).
There is no need or cause for a continuous form of the middle verb, which is a single quick action that someone either will do, or they won't.
We would say 'it is fun doing something' or 'fun to do': 'It would be scary walking through the forest at night'; 'It is exciting to watch them playing'.