Blown tyre

 Whoops, had the first flat tyre in a long time today.

And it was right proper blown - big chunk out of the sidewall, off the rim and everything. None of this slow leak and looks flat nonsense! Luckily I was already at work when it happened, so was able to change it there instead of on the side of the road.

Even better - the spare worked! Fingers crossed it holds, these are all old tyres with the rubber worn and on the way out. And at $400 a pop (no pun intended) I can't afford to replace the tyres yet. Have another old spare on rim already which I was able to put onto the car so already have an emergency spare - but it has some pretty deep gouges on the tread, so i'm pretty sure it'll work as an emergency spare to get me back to the house and not much more after that.

Fingers crossed!