Having witnessed Newton's anguish first hand I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
I thought he was indestructible.
What a Great couple of day's though
I will admit to being a tough old bu99er but I’m not infallible. I’m pretty happy it was not food poisoning or anything I ate, I believe it was IBS and a rather acute bout at that. It being stress related for me. The causal stress was an autistic meltdown from the incredible sound on the start strait/pit lane being trapped between the near empty grandstands on both sides. The three of us were sat there for probably an hour and a half. My regret is I should have realised I was in (for me) overload city! With Aspergers, I am at the high functioning end of the spectrum and can easily communicate my predicament and generally can move rapidly away from a trigger. I have only ever had a few sensory
overload meltdowns in my whole life and they have almost all been noise triggered. One a few years ago was lights alone.
I feel for kids and adults with severe autism who are either unable to communicate their predicament or are in a constant stage of hypersensitivity; it is not a nice place to be.
Anyway, I have the dial back down to 9.5 again and I appreciate the understanding and support of all that helped/witnessed it. Particularly Martin for getting me back to the gite in one piece and Phil for understanding.