Did your answer get you the Virgin Atlantic flights?

Wow this was a tough one! After running a competition to win flights to London, courtesy of Virgin Atlantic…the English amongst us have been left feeling a little homesick. We asked you to tell us what you missed the most about the UK, and after reading hundreds of brilliant answers…we’ve been left aching to visit Blighty!

Lucky for one of you…that’s exactly what you’re about to do. After much deliberation, our favourite answer and winner of the two economy flights was Lucie Phillips, with this brilliant answer:

What I miss the most: People saying sorry when it wasn’t actually their fault…

We think the answer perfectly sums up the UK and a very British attitude too.

But there were so many good answers that the lovely guys at Virgin Atlantic have given us three goody bags for runners up prizes too…

Tiger Bread…

Was suggested by Gemma Longden as well as her love for Sunday duvet days.

Chocolate eclairs from Marks and Spencer…

Charlene Birks said: Chocolate eclairs from Marks and Spencer. It’s gotten so bad that I make my dad wait in arrivals with a box ready for when I land in the UK! I eat one and then everyone can have a hug! 

Buskers…

Or as Khalid Masri put it: The musical stylings of cheerful metro-dwelling buskers

It’s a shame we can’t give everyone who entered prizes, because there really were some truly excellent answers. Here’s the best of the rest…

Pie and mash from the East End…

Receiving post through your front door…

Chip shop chips…

The ice cream van stopping on your street…

That weird half run…

…often accompanied by a mini wave thing that people do when they cross the road in front of your car

Tasty cherries that cost less that AED 50…

And by far the most popular answer (somewhat ironic after the storms last week) was rain…

All winners will be contacted by e-mail.

Now read: 10 things you miss about home when you’re a British expat living in Dubai