[dropping social distancing] won't happen this year
I think that is a bit pessimistic. The Isle of Man has just dropped social distancing after about three weeks without any new cases. A number of bigger countries, such as New Zealand, have dropped all measures except for reopening borders after similar periods with no new cases. Unfortunately it is going to take us a lot longer to get to the same position, as our numbers are much larger through being late into lockdown and late setting up track and trace, but hopefully we should get there in a month or two (and ideally before the new school year starts in September).
When I do resume punting, it will only be with girls that I have seen before and know aren't conveyor belt merchants, until social distancing ends.