OK, so maybe this is a sign that I spend far too much time on the motorway, but it looks like the end might be in sight for the J5-7 widening project on the M25, which has been going on since just before we moved home.
However, one thing that is noticeable is that there is smooth new tarmac on the new lane 1 and on the surface nearest to the new concrete barrier between the two carriageways, but that the bit in the middle is still the old, tired and bumpy surface, now made even worse by the painting on and removal (which seems to take some of the surface away with it) of lots of temporary lane markings.
Will be interesting to see if they leave it bumpy and scrappy-looking, or whether we'll be shunted around between lanes for a while so that they can resurface all the way across.
Most of all, looking forward to having 4 lanes all the way from 5 to 7 - let's hope it does actually make a positive difference to journey times.