Hi Dave,
I see you have no takers to be your career for the ride! I also see you are from South Shields!
Well, I'm 67 and have a worrit Geordie Wife too. I have just done 14 days on the bike to Prague and up to Jonkoping in Sweden, 3,500 miles all by myself. For marital harmony, I stopped whisking blood products overnight from the RVI in Newcastle to Great Ormond Street in London on the hurry up!
I'm sorry to say I do not do IBA Certified Rides anymore because being retired I need to spend my petrol money more wisely but I did find a way to reassure SWMBO buy setting up a free to use tracker on my bike and she follows me in real time as I enjoy my adventures. She knows where I am (but not what I'm doing of course) however she does feel reassured and always asks me to switch on SWConnect (
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/swconnect/id815905559) and SpotWalla (
https://spotwalla.com/). This may offer you a solution?
Love, light, and kindness,
Dave