'I wish I could see what I am filming': Father borrows his son's GoPro to film his holiday – only to accidentally hold it the WRONG way round for the entire trip 

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A British man has become an unwitting internet star after borrowing his son's GoPro to record his trip to Amsterdam - only to accidentally film himself for the entire trip.

Howard Newman's son Mark posted the amusing footage online after his father returned to Hampshire, UK, from the Netherlands with his wife Joan to find he had been using the tiny camera the wrong way round.

It was only when the Luddite passed the GoPro back to his son so he could edit the footage did they realise the hilarious mistake - which the father blamed on the positioning of the device's buttons.

The clip begins with Howard, 69, with the camera pointing at his face and not out of a train window as he intends, proclaiming: 'And here we are in the Netherlands. Notice the difference.'

Howard Newman, pictured, has become an unwitting internet star after borrowing his son's GoPro to record his trip to Amsterdam - only to accidentally film himself for the entire trip

Oblivious to his error, he smiles happily, attempting to film his wife but in fact still pointing the camera at himself, before exclaiming 'it won't stop' as he fiddles with the buttons.

The not-so-tech-savvy gentleman then reappears, stating: 'Take two; I failed on the last one but we are now at Rotterdam Central.

'I’m taking over from Michael Portillo on his Great European Railway Journeys. What do you think?'

Attempting to show viewers what is going on outside on the station platform, he declares: 'There's a starling about to get squashed. That’s the nature bit of this film.'

At other points in the video he points out a train overtaking plus a view of Rotterdam from their train, neither of which can be seen.

For one brief moment he even films the right way round, panning the camera as an airplane passes overhead, but then somehow manages to revert back to filming in selfie mode.

Later, he adds: 'This is us just leaving our last stop before Amsterdam.

'Unfortunately you cannot see it as its above us so instead I’ll have to show you Joan with her duck face,' he says, pointing again at his wife, who cannot be seen.

To make matters worse for Howard, he passes the GoPro to his wife as they approach Amsterdam, who manages to film the entire segment the right way round.

When they finally arrive at the station, he takes back control of camera duties but again unwittingly turns it on himself, before moaning: 'I wish I could see what I am filming.'

Howard Newman's son Mark posted the amusing footage online after his father returned from the Netherlands with his wife Joan, pictured left, to find he had been using the tiny camera the wrong way round

It was only when the Luddite passed the GoPro back to his son so he could edit the footage did they realise the hilarious mistake - which the father blamed on the positioning of the device's buttons

To make matters worse for the gentleman, he passes the GoPro to his wife as they approach Amsterdam, who manages to film the entire segment the right way round

Mark Newman told MailOnline: 'My parents came around mine after their holiday as I had lent my dad my GoPro so that he could film their holiday for me to edit when they returned.

'I do quite a few holiday videos for me and my wife and he thought it would be nice to have one for himself.

'He's not great with technology so I gave him a quick rundown of how the buttons work - not thinking it would be that difficult as there is only three - and set him on his way.

'Upon uploading the video to edit I put it all together to watch un-edited to see what footage he had captured.

'It was then that we realised that what he had captured he was just his face due to the fact he thought the lens was the other side.

'My mum was in tears laughing, especially as the bit of filming she did she actually got it around the right way.'

Posting the video online, Mark wrote: 'I lent my dad my GoPro for his holiday to Amsterdam with my mum, when he returned it with much anticipation of me editing his footage we realised that he had been filming with the camera the wrong way around.

'He blames the buttons being in the wrong place!' 

When they finally arrive at the station, he takes back control of camera duties but again unwittingly turns it on himself, before moaning: 'I wish I could see what I am filming'

Mark Newman said his father is 'not great' with technology, but trusted him to be able to work the GoPro as it only has three buttons