Disaster struck

It really could have been predicted I suppose - we were on a cycle trip and everything that could gone wrong had, except this.
Yepp we got a flat tyre. Alan got a puncture in his rear tyre - suggestions that it has anything to do with his fat ass are grossly exaggerated !!!
The good news is of course that with a spare inner tube, puncture repair kit we would get the bike back on the road in 10mins. Tom got on his surgeons rubber gloves and got to work.
Then to our horror we realised the tyre had a rip big enough to get a 20p coin through it (I tried to get a good picture but the focus is out).

From this point on we didn't know if the tyre would be ok or if the rip would spread meaning the bike could no longer be used.
We put in a new inner tube and got back on the road.
Alan took it easy for a bit regularly stopping to make sure the rip wasnt spreading.