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I'd have a similar use in mind, thrashing around along bridle ways and so on around Winchester, which makes me wonder about the tyre choice.
Tubs are great for low pressure/high grip use- but most Cyclocross is round a field, so if you puncture it's not a disaster as you either rode there on different wheels which are leaning against a fence, or you drove.
If (say) you were in the middle of the South Downs Way and you punctured a tub then that's a different kettle of fish.
Therefore, the wheels the Dirty Disco frameset bundle comes with look cool, but for my intended use, probably not the best choice- unless the liquid latex stuff you can put in them really would be enough on its own to defeat malicious thorns/flints/bit's of glass for 100 miles of countryside.