The past week has seen the effective closing of state borders, major restrictions on domestic travel, panic shopping, closures of all but essential services and a general bunkering down. There’s a major economic downturn, massive social uncertainty and a public health crisis as a pandemic takes hold.

Also my father-in-law is gravely ill in NZ. I’ve been over to see him. He’s very unwell. 
All considered, this is not a good time to go cycle touring. Indeed it is fast shaping up to be a very wrong time to go cycle touring,  so I’ve called a temporary halt to this “Against The Wind” tour. There are more important things, especially family, to focus on.

 The aim is to regroup in early spring and re-assess when to start the big ride. We’ll try for a late August or early September start. 

EDIT:

Due to the Covid pandemic, we have postponed the ride until autumn 2021.