He clearly doesn't let his carbon footprint worry him. A British tourist has become the world's most travelled man after spending a lifetime circling the globe, clocking up 15 million miles, 718 Concorde flights and 139 countries on the way.

Wealthy Fred Finn, 70, holds the official record for the most miles travelled by a passenger after visiting an incredible 70 per cent of the world's 196 nations.

He caught the travelling bug at 18 when he took his first flight from an airfield in Hampshire to New York.