Hey BobD, good to hear I'm not the only one who's started this flying thing later in life. I started training mid-2009 and am now at the tail-end of my lessons before hopefully going for my flight test sometime in the next month or so.
I found the biggest boat anchors to be studying for the theory exams. For me, this usually took a good 2-3 weeks of solid studying. At the end of that, some rust had developed in my flying and stuff had to be reviewed again eg. circuits, R/T, navex etc.
But I figured that I've waited all my life to get here, so I'm going to put up with this for a bit more and tick this box eventually.
All the best in your flying!
