Got to get back into cycling - how hard is it going to be?

Last year I got quite a lot of cycling in, I did a 100 mile ride, various 70 mile rides and did a minimum of 50 miles or so a week. I'd also got it so I could manage a 20 mile route in an hour.
I haven't been on a bike since November!
Mainly due to work, and family - I just haven't had time this year to start. Now I'm starting to think it will be hard to get going again!
On Sunday we had a family bike ride, so it was just at a leisurely pace with my son on the back. I took the MTB with huge knobbly tyres. It was fairly flat and I did about 12 miles, that was absolutely no problem at all and it barely felt like I'd been out. I realise that it's not normaly as flat as that though and I will be going at a faster pace.
Any suggestions for the best way to get back into it? My friend, who I used to ride with, never stopped riding over the winter so still keeps up the normal routes we did which tended to be 25-40 miles depending on the time we had available. We live in a very hilly area - do you think it would be sensible to go straight in for a 25 mile hilly route as my first go back into cycling? Obviously I won't expect to go at the same speed as I was doing.
What do you reckon?
I haven't been on a bike since November!
Mainly due to work, and family - I just haven't had time this year to start. Now I'm starting to think it will be hard to get going again!
On Sunday we had a family bike ride, so it was just at a leisurely pace with my son on the back. I took the MTB with huge knobbly tyres. It was fairly flat and I did about 12 miles, that was absolutely no problem at all and it barely felt like I'd been out. I realise that it's not normaly as flat as that though and I will be going at a faster pace.
Any suggestions for the best way to get back into it? My friend, who I used to ride with, never stopped riding over the winter so still keeps up the normal routes we did which tended to be 25-40 miles depending on the time we had available. We live in a very hilly area - do you think it would be sensible to go straight in for a 25 mile hilly route as my first go back into cycling? Obviously I won't expect to go at the same speed as I was doing.
What do you reckon?
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I had a break of several years and switched from MTB to road. That was hard to get back I can assure you!