Why do bad things happen at the furthest point?

Went for a great ride with a group of friends on Sunday.  Things were going well, comfortable speed and a lovely route.

Then things went a bit wrong.  I punctured or rather something put an inch long rip in my tubeless tyre.  There was no way the sealant was going to cope so time for an inner tube.

In front of the group of impatient to get on riders expecting this "new-fangled tubeless" stuff to not work I quickly got the tyre off with just thumbs!  Things were looking good.

Then came the removal of the valve - a valve that has not been touched for 6 years - a valve covered in sealant - a valve with a fixing nut that was very stuck.  Now in my mtb pack I carry a small set of pliers just for this problem, but not in my road pack.  What now?

First, get rid of the spectators - send them off to continue the ride giving me peace to solve the problem and stop any grumbling.
Second, a nice man doing his garden lent me some pliers and within 5 minutes I had the valve out.

Time for the new tube - in it went.  Pump it up and pump it up again and keep pumping.  Bugger, the tube had a hole in it.  The main reason I love tubeless is the removal of tubes which I always seem to puncture whilst fitting.

Now some will say at this point that if I was not using tubeless...... but a double puncture can happen to anyone.  I know that I should have had a puncture kit as well.

Now I have a problem.  Fortunately my lovely partner agreed to come a get me in the car.


BUT WHY DID THIS ALL HAPPEN AT THE FURTHEST POINT FROM HOME? 

WHY DOES IT ALWAYS HAPPEN FURTHEST POINT FROM HOME?


To continue the tubeless story, the tyre is now fixed using a Velox tubeless tyre patch  on the inside and superglue on the outside.  Fixed in 10 minutes.
Seat pack now also contains a small set of pliers, a new tube and a minimal puncture repair kit to go with the tyre levers, multi-tool  and CO2 canister.