We have spent much of the last few days visiting council, government, and other websites and have made many phone calls to contacts on these sites. From the information we managed to get, at least 19 of the 20 legs on the relay have one or more parts closed.
All closures are in effect until further notice.
The relay is now just over seven weeks away, and we have decided that it would be unfair to postpone making a decision. With much regret, we have therefore decided to cancel the relay for this year, and start early in the preparation for the 2002 event. We have looked at the possibility of running the relay on road, but feel that this would take so much away from the event. Beware if you have printed off the maps already, as we will be looking at changing the course from Leg 4 to Leg 10. As soon as the countryside opens we will be out looking at these changes, and taking more pictures for the website.