Conductor and school music teacher Taavi Esko has made energetic use of both coroanvirus lock-down and the slowly emerging spring weather, clocking 1.6 million steps walked over a single a month, ERR's Menu portal reports. Esko says he hasn't always been such a committed walker, but when he was sent home from his teaching post at Kuusalu High School, about 40 km east of Tallinn, he embarked on the new hobby, which was also encouraged by the school itself. "We were on distance learning for a long time, and knew that it was going to continue so, in addition to inviting students to get active, we also tried to take care of our team, and created a challenge or step count competition," Kristi Tarik, the principal of Kuusalu High School, said.