About Alex
Hi there, I am Alex and I am part of the duo behind Brigstone Stable.
From my childhood I have always had an affinity with the North of England….. Although I grew up in Nottingham, my father has always been a keen hiker and I can remember walking Scafell Pike and Pen – Y – Ghent with him when I was a kid. Seems almost fate that I would now live within site of the later now.
Myself and Amanda hatched a plan to move to Yorkshire in around 2016 and after three years of looking, we found Brigstone House and spent the next two and a half, creating the Stable.
I have spent a good deal of my working life in the Sportsturf industry and I have natural affinity to the outdoors and wide-open spaces as a whole. I am a keen cyclist and runner and over the last couple of years have got far more into trail running now that I can easily leave the tarmac behind. I have signed up for the Burnsall Half Marathon for April 2022 and this is my starting point for the year.
My “Palmares” includes The Paris Marathon, The Robin Hood Marathon, The New Forest Marathon x 4 (Running) and L’Etape Du Tour x 2, The Fred Whitton Challenge x 5, The Dragon Ride x 2 and others.
A good friend of mine said that I had an encyclopaedic knowledge of local roads and trails ( which I take as a compliment) and I would like to share this with all – a good number of routes can be found and downloaded here.
On a personal note, I am an animal lover and I love this photo which was taken on The Pennine Way En route to Lothersdale, just a few hundred yards from Brigstone House.
We hope to welcome you to our beautiful part of the world.