Well I've filled the form in and sent it off. Depressing moment halfway through as its the first time I've had to put 40 as my age on something official. Wish they had a 30ish mile route as 13 isn't enough and 53 is probably too much. If I get a place doing my usual weekly mileage in one ride rather than spread across 3 or 4 should be ok and will give some kind of purpose to my riding for the next few weeks. Don't know whether I'll get the 10mins head start as although I'll be on a 1990 bike its got a modern groupset.