The drivers seemed even more busy as I rode back on the gravel road. Otherwise eventless except for a flat front tire because my rim got hot from constantly breaking. It has happened many times before but never while actually riding - fortunately I was going slow and managed to stop before things went bad. On the positive side my new pump was brilliant - instead of 45 minutes it only took 5 minutes to pump up the tire and I managed to get the right tire pressure which was never possible with my old small pump...