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Nicki Lygo
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Acute medicine resident doctor
Winter Spine Race Checkpoint Lead
Ultrarunning crew. Event medic.
Sports injury therapist
European. Van tripper.
Defo best tea maker
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Nicki Lygo @drlygo.bsky.social · Sep 14
Around 20% of my work year is on an event called the Spine Race. It's brought me into the most wonderful community of endurance runners. I lead their checkpoint department & place c.150 people from Derbyshire to Scotland each January, to look after 500+ athletes

Anyone know the race?

#SpineRace
Two people in the left foreground, run on a snowy trail with a landscape of white-dusted hills in the background. They are dressed for winter with hats and hoods covering their heads and have small packs on their backs. Both have running poles. The sun is shining, but the sky is white with the threat or promise of more snow.
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A little puffin from a trip to the Treshnish islands. Nice memories to have while I’m cosy indoors watching the rain hammer down outside

Have a good one everyone 🧡
A puffin stretches and flaps its wings whilst standing just outside its burrow. He is looking directly at the camera, standing on grass with the blurry sea behind
November 14, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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BBC bulletin reading: Thousands more pages of Epstein documents released by Oversight Committee The House Oversight Committee has just released 20,000 pages of documents received from Epstein's estate. The committee is controlled by Republicans - and the release comes shortly after Democrats on the committee released three emails it said were received by Epstein's estate this morning. We're starting to read through the documents now, and will bring you updates.
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.

So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Caitriona Jennings of Ireland sets new women’s 100-mile world record of 12:37:04 in her first attempt at the distance. Amazing! www.irunfar.com/caitriona-je...
Caitriona Jennings Sets 100-Mile World Record at the 2025 Tunnel Hill 100 Mile
Caitriona Jennings of Ireland set a new women's 100-mile world record of 12:37:04 in her first attempt at the distance.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Last one. Couldn’t stop looking at all the autumn colours. Getting out today was the best thing I could have done 🍂
A view into the different colours and textures of the woodland tree tops
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Lovely times with the youngest 🧡
My youngest and our dog wandering down a path in the woodland. The colours are autumnal the ground is peppered with leaves 🍂
November 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Rectified my lack of Autumnal woodland walk this morning. And it was wonderful 🍂 🍁

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A wide path through some woodland. It’s autumn and the leaves are turning all shades of orange and yellow. There is a bench to the left of the scene and the ground is strewn with a think covering of rust-coloured leaves
November 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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The book that many publishers said people wouldn't read because it was about women and ultra endurance has just been shortlisted for Sports Book of the Year. Yes, @emmajourno.bsky.social and I are feeling smug this morning. Just shows how good women are at persisting against patriarchal nonsense...
October 30, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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In the shaded labyrinth of the souks with ever-present scooters

Some stall holders have a touch & it’s yours policy. Some are very assertive in their sales pitches! But the vast majority sit & smile or nod as you pass

All offer a ‘very good price’ which is usually 3+ times what we should pay
A grainy image of a narrow bricked street with stalls on either side, both selling brass wares. One has an array of lanterns, with the stall beyond it displays bags. On the other side is a stall selling small mirrors and wall hangings. Some tourists are wandering through and two local women are driving through on a scooter
October 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Desert shenanigans

#Marrakesh
Me and my kids taking a selfie during a break in quad biking in the desert My youngest on a camel My three kids at the dinner table, pre-desert party The finale of the fire show at the end of the night with a man spinning steel wool
October 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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The incredibly beautiful Madrasa Ben Youssef 🧡

#Marrakech
The courtyard at Madrasa Ben Youssef. This stunning building used to be an Islamic school. The building’s interior is very intricately decorated with wood, marble and plaster carvings. The centre piece of the courtyard is a rectangular pool of water
October 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Backyard Ultras are devilishly clever. Running 4.1667 miles in an hour every hour looks easy. With a national record and PB of 59 yards going in, Sarah Perry 🇬🇧 has today set a new female world record of 95 yards before stopping. 396 miles. 4 days. No chance to really sleep, or even eat a meal. 🤯
October 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Nothing better than adventures with these peeps ❤️

#Marrakech
My three children and I standing in a beautiful museum looking down at the camera on the floor in a wide shot
October 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Museum & gallery visit this morning

The sun is now incredibly strong so we are relaxing indoors until it calms enough to head out again!
A room in the art gallery. Typically moorish with arches and ornate tiling, it felt very serene One of the portraits in the gallery shows a man in typical Berber head wear, which I gather is a keffiyeh. I loved this portrait; it felt very expressive to me, particularly in the man’s eyes A wide view of the ‘patio’ in the museum. More beautiful examples of an intricate tiled interior compared with its relatively unadorned exterior. This is apparently reflective of the highly important nature of the inner spiritual world More ornate Moorish beautiful tiling. This time in a fountain inside the patio of the museum
October 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Another lovely morning in the Riad. Heading out to explore

#Marrakesh
A photo of me against my ornate teal bedroom door in the Riad
October 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Rather grainy, but taken on our evening walk and trip to the Kabana bar

#Marrakesh
My three kids sitting at a table in Kabana. Fairy lanterns hang in the shrubs behind. A random street shot en route out. A large stone building, a lamp post and a passing woman A grainy sunset & palm tree backdrop to a road of cars and scooters.
October 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Jemaa el-Fnaa comes alive at night!

#Marrakesh
October 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Morning wanderings

#Marrakesh
A small market street near to our riad. It’s bustling and loud with scooters zooming by frequently. The front door to our riad with green and white tiles at the bottom of the wall and on the floor. The door is large and metal with 2 door knockers on it, one of which has the protective Hamsa, or hand of Fatima Teal barrels of vibrant spices and aromatics outside a shop with beautiful ceramics displayed on the terracotta wall above A side street in the Kasbah where we are staying. There are large plant pots and the walls are varying terracotta shades
October 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Marrakesh from our rooftop during the Adhan, or call to prayer, yesterday

#Marrakesh
October 21, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Our hosts made us a feast for breakfast today 👌🏻

#Marrakesh
A green tiled dining table on a terrace laden with food. We had freshly squeezed orange juice, coffee, mint tea, eggs, olives, salad, pomegranates, grapes, toast, honey, jam and cream cheese. It was fabulous!
October 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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An exhausting but wonderful first day. We left home at 2am and arrived in Marrakesh at 9am. We’ve spent hours wandering the streets of the Medina, soaking up the sights, sounds and smells.

We are now relaxing in our Riad, where we were welcomed with some wonderful mint tea and pastries

#Marrakesh
A local woman pours us some delicious sweet mint tea as a welcome to our Riad A view into the atrium of our riad. There are lots of plants and there’s plenty of light. Moorish shapes form the basis of its style, and the colours are mostly white with varying hues of green A covered seating area on a roof terrace, looking out to an uncovered area with loungers and a large golden bath. Looking down from the first floor onto the dipping pool below. There are sofas on either side of the pool and beautiful green tiles on the floor
October 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Projector screensaver sending me all the memories today 🥰

#IsleofHarris #OuterHebrides
An open plan kitchen living room with small sideboard and log burner. On the wall is a large image from my projector screensaver, posting wonderful Hebridean memories. This one is near Traigh Mheilein on Harris, as I stood looking out across the very blue water A view of loch Crabhadail on Harris, taken in May this year as my son and I watched an eagle soar above us. A view looking across from beyond Hùisinis beach on Harris, with Scarp on the left
October 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Big Dog’s Backyard Ultra 2025 Individual World Championship begins tomorrow morning at 0700 Central Time (US). You can follow along on YouTube, Facebook, Insta; links are at bigsbackyardultra.com. I’ll post the live tracking link tomorrow morning. #bigdogultra #backyardultra
Big's Backyard Ultra
There is no finish
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October 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Splendid walk on a warm sunny day, appreciating the last of the summer meadow flowers
Large daisies, haphazardly amongst the grass. The petals are covered in small drops of dew
October 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM