Well done was it as bad as the hype, the you tube videos look OK
I did my test a couple of weeks back. Looking back, it was a piece of cake, even if it was an hour and a bit's journey to and from the test centre, for a 10 minute test.
The good things about the test are the fact that everything is measured and consistent - no examiners asking you to do a U-turn in a dodgy narrow road, it's all standardised. Also, the surface where I was (Enfield) was amazing - proper grippy and perfectly flat.
The hype around the swerve test is just that: hype. There have been some people who've fallen off during the swerve, presumably because they've tried to brake between the speed trap and the swerve cone. Any half-decent instructor will teach you how to do it properly (throttle off, swerve, brake to a halt), and it's practically impossible to get it wrong unless you're a numpty.
I was talking to the examiner, and one of the biggest things that competent riders fail on is actually getting up to 50kph. People have done it fine through at 70kph, so if in doubt, give it some beans.
Good luck on the Mod2 to the OP - mine's next week