ehm, you went to the UK just for a Sonic convention? I mean, I love the blue lil guy just as much as the next guy, but dang. That's devotion (and your money must be TIGHT! OMG! haha)
What food did you have to eat? You didn't try their fish and chips? That's the birthplace for it; I'd imagine they do it awesomely (epically, in your words, lol).
“…Judge not what a man has done, but judge what he could have done if he was a different bloke altogether. For art thou a leper? And a leper can changeth his spots…” --Rudy Wade, Misfits (Series 4, Episode 8)