Month: January 2013

It’s a Gas

Exciting news for fans of Reading Buses, and you know who you are.  Starting this spring a new range of environmentally friendly buses will be running in Reading, fuelled by the natural gas emitted from a cow. In recent years our bovine companions have been given a bad name, and

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Badger’s Jane Austen Quiz

Well, today is Jane Austen’s 200th Birthday, so today we have decided to  come up with a quiz that reflects that.  Not only is she one of Badger’s favourite authors, but Annie is reading her right now, so as a tribute to the great lady herself, this week we have

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Losing It For Freddie

Chiari Malformation and Syringomyelia is a little known condition, which, as well as people can affect Cavalier King Charles Spaniels.   Basically, what it means for the Spaniels is that their brain is too big for their skull, and there is a build up of cerebral fluid which will eventually

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Wagg Dog Treats: Rastes Rike Ricken*

Today we’re reviewing a new flavour dog treats, from those clever folks at Wagg Foods; the new Chicken and Cheese flavour Training Dog Treats. For the purposes of this review we have enlisted the help of one of our Canine Companions, Maisie Moo. If this goes down well then we

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It’s A Bouncing Baby….

No, no.  That’s it. Have you ever driven off having left something on the roof of your car?  A cup of coffee, perhaps, or your handbag?  Well a nineteen-year-old woman from Phoenix, Arizona left her baby on the roof and drove off. According to ABC News the woman drove off

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Badger’s Footprints in the Snow Puzzle.

Well, Last week’s quiz was a whopping success, with many entries, but only two who got 100% correct.  So, this week we have decided to stick with a theme of identifying photos.  As you may have noticed, this week we have had snow.  Badger has been out and about with

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It Snowed Today. Really.

Can you believe it?   Well, we’ve put our planned news reports on hold today to dedicate an entire day to the snow,  since that’s what everyone else is doing.  We don’t even need a source for today’s story as all we had to do was look out of the

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Call Out The Cats!

Well, you’ve heard of mountain rescue dogs, but have you heard of mountain rescue cats? Well we hadn’t, until now that is! Last week one of our regular Nibblers drew our attention to what, at first glance appeared to be an organisation dedicated to the training of mountain rescue cats.

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26 Miles to Go!

  Andy Murray (not that one), a regular Nibbler and badger fan is running the Edinburgh Marathon on behalf of the Stroke Association, and since we struggle to understand why anyone would want to run anywhere when there are perfectly good buses about we decided to catch up with him

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Annie’s Guess the Movie Quiz

Well, we had an amazing response to last week’s quiz, with so many correct entries that we didn’t know what to do with ourselves, so this week there are four questions for you.  The entry with the most correct answers will win. So, with the Golden Globes last night, and

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