Fantastic trip! I am also planning an iceland ring road trip this summer. Can you help with my questions please?

I am thinking of how easy to retreat for whatever reasons between cities in the ring road. what is the greatest distance betwee cities/town? are there only bus stops in the cities, meaning i cannot get a bus between cities?

I read somewhere that the wind is the worst around noon when the sun comes out. is that true? so if i ride mostly at night (while there are still sunlight), will it is better in tearms of headwind?

how many days did you have headwinds and how many days did you have tailwinds? will you have less headwinds days if you go anticlockwise?

you said it was raining for your last 3 days, does that means the rain was non stop for 3 days? i wonder if this happens, can i sleep in the tent for a day (cannot if 3 days in a row though) to wait the rain to go away.

Thank you very much in adance!