carmel - good for you figuring out what you want to do! have a read back and there are some links posted to various speed-distance-time questions.
Also, any chance of not writing the text speak? Makes it very difficult to read your post!
simon - sorry to hear that, you can always re-apply next year after having a go at more practice tests. Not sure about the feedback, but you could give them a call and ask - the worst they can say is no.