Editing Alex Lester (section)

==Personal life==
Lester has homes in [[Hastings]] and [[Wednesbury]]. For nearly 10 years he lived aboard a 60-foot traditional [[stern]] [[Narrowboat|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 December 2010 Lester announced his engagement to his longtime partner Kerry, who is also known as "The Dark Lady". They married on 3 December 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsPx0_UwvRE |title=Alex and Kerry &#124; Wedding documentary |publisher=YouTube |date=12 March 2012 |access-date=4 July 2014 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707060407/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsPx0_UwvRE |archive-date=7 July 2015}}</ref> [[Edwina Hayes]], a singer-songwriter whose music had been featured on Lester's show, performed at the ceremony. Alex is a stepfather to Kerry's two adult children, Jamie and Ella, from a previous relationship.