Small claims court fee is at least £25 so not financially worth going down that route. Just how much was the cycle path covered by clippings? Why did you not stop or seek to avoid them? Why did you not have a puncture kit and spare inner tube? Punctures can be caused even on what appears to be a perfectly clean surface, one I had recently was caused by a very thin piece of metal rod invisible on the road surface.
I have an ebike and struggling to understand how it makes it that harder to fix a puncture especially if you take the battery off to lighten the bike for flipping over?
Why do you feel the need to criticize everyone who questions you?
Did you join the forum just to be a

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