Personal Life
Lester has homes in Hastings and Wednesbury. For nearly 10 years he lived aboard a 60-foot traditional stern canal boat (which he nicknamed The Blue Pig) during the week, while presenting his show from the BBC's Pebble Mill Studios and then The Mailbox in Birmingham. He also has a restored cottage as a third home in the Normandy region of France.
Obscure sports are another passion, over the years Lester has participated in Extreme Downhill Cheese Rolling, the Yorkshire Celery Wrestling Finals and achieved a creditable 9th place finish at the 2006 World Bog Snorkelling Championship.
In 2007, Lester decided to celebrate his 20th anniversary at Radio 2 by fulfilling his life's ambition of driving the width of the USA, from Los Angeles to New York. He catalogued his experiences via a blog, linked from the Radio 2 website.
In December 2010 Alex announced his engagement to his longtime partner Kerry who is also known as "The Dark Lady". They married on 3rd December 2011. Edwina Hayes, a singer-songwriter whose music had been featured on his show, performed at the ceremony.
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