fanstop,
I started my flight training at the same age as you and thought, at the time, that I was perhaps too old. But I managed to weave my way through the system and now fly in the right hand seat of a320. I just wonder where you get 3 years from, hopefully things will start to pick up in the next 6 months.
ps I think I,m from the same neck of the woods as you - so if I can help leave your email etc.
good luck !!!