Once again I find myself at Canterbury Hospital; this is my last day down here, thank god. It’s not a place I enjoy coming to so when I finally drive out of the gate I think some type of celebration will be in order.

I am amazed at the number blogs posted on here every day. The diversity of subjects and the content is somewhat remarkable. I read as many as possible and try and comment on them as appropriate. I am now fully addicted and if I have a few minutes to spare I find myself browsing the latest posts. I doubt that I am alone in this. Some posts are quite profound while others are quiet content just to have a moan at life others pour out their hearts and I am sure that they take solace in the fact. But what we all have in common is the need to communicate our feelings to the world, long may it be so.

The Duke of York has criticised the US administration for failing to listen to advice from Britain on how to avoid problems following the war in Iraq. Prince Andrew said the war had led to a "healthy scepticism" in Britain towards what was said in Washington. The duke made the comments in an interview with the International Herald Tribune ahead of a 10-day trip to promote British business in the US. He said the US should have learned lessons from British colonial history.