Thanks for all the advice chaps as a follow up it got so bad that i went to docs who put me on Allopurinol, I spoke to CAA nice lady told me the following:
1) Neither gout nor Allopurinol per se are a worry to the CAA
2) If I'm having an attack to ground myself they dont need to know unless it lasts more than 21 days
3) Their main concern is with some of the stronger pain killers commonly given for such attacks, but I seem to manage with Ibuprofen, which if taken as directed is again no worry to CAA.
Yep its hereditary and triggered/exacerbated by diet any one know of a good gout diet book or web site?