Limerick man walks around the world without leaving his home city

The married father-of-one began his Earth Walk in 2016 with the aim of losing weight, never considering the distance he would walk.

Vinod Bajaj from Limerick who has walked 40,075 kilometres over the past four years without ever leaving his home city. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

A retired business consultant, who has walked the equivalent of the circumference of the Earth, has encouraged others to keep active in the midst of the pandemic.

Vinod Bajaj, 70, has walked 40,075 kilometres over the past four years without ever leaving his home city of Limerick in the west of Ireland, and has extolled the benefits of walking at such a stressful time for people.