Mike,
Brilliant! Try and get the checkride booked and just take it from there...................at your own pace.
I did my revalidation five weeks ago with a gentleman that I hold in very high regard, in fact had it not been for him I may never have made a return to flying at all. I admit to being nervous and apprehensive about flying but I'm not convinced that it's flying that makes me nervous and apprehensive - if that makes sense?
As a younger chap my motorbike was my trusty steed taking me on adventures and generally being bloody good fun to boot. I renewed my relationship with two-wheels last year but something is different, very different. I seem to worry more about what might happen when I'm riding my bike than I used to, which is a little strange given that I travel much slower than I ever did and my journies are way shorter.
I do however think that this may be part of just getting older, and viewing life a little more preciously than I did before? But who knows?
PD