First video highlighting our beautiful surroundings

My run on Strava today saw me post my first video from my youtube channel - nothing to get too excited about but more of a welcome and trying out the quality of the GoPro Hero 5 to be honest.

Anyway, have a look and I'll be posting more later this week with my in depth review of the sensational sunglasses from Oakley

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