[aembleton]

Worth looking into solid tyres such as tannus tyres. I've had these for years and it means I don't need to worry about punctures.

[lanstin]

Or Kevlar. I had kevlar tyres for a long while and they did much better at keeping me from flats. Also, over time, I learned which blocks are inexplicably thorn filled or nail filled and just avoided them as a general rule.

Also practice changing the inner tube till you can do it at dusk while late for a school meeting and annoyed in general :)