Mick & Lyn's overseas adventure 2013: Sunday 30 June 2013. Aberystwyth, New Quay

Today we awoke to yet another very overcast day with spots of rain and went down to a full breakfast in the restaurant. This sets us up for the day and we find that we don’t need to eat until dinner.

As the British Formula 1 Grand Prix from Silverstone was being broadcast on the BBC today, we only had the morning to do some sightseeing so we decided to drive down the coast to New Quay.

New Quay is a seaside town in Ceredigion, Wales with a resident population of around 1,200 people. Located on Cardigan Bay with a harbour and large sandy beaches, it is a popular seaside resort and traditional fishing town.

As usual the drive was beautiful with lots of great views.

When we arrived we found a beautiful little town with very narrow roads and not a lot of people. The small beach areas were practically deserted as it was quite cool with an even cooler breeze. Mick eschewed his shorts in favour of long pants which normally takes some doing.

We found that the road that ran through the town was a one way street which means that it is really narrow.

There were a couple of people sitting on the wall overlooking the sea counting whales and dolphins for some wild life organization. They didn’t see any whilst we were there.

The boats moored in the harbour were sitting on the sand as the tide was out. A pity if you wanted to take your boat out as you would have to wait for the tide to come in. Also several people offered us brochures for boat trips out to see dolphins.

A lovely spot, but much too cold to do anything other than have a coffee and take the pleasant drive home. Lyn is getting a bit depressed with the poor weather. A bit of sunshine would make a lot of difference.

Of course we got home to watch the Formula 1 motor race from Silverstone where the track was bathed in brilliant sunshine. Maybe the sun never shines in Wales.

In the race, Mark Webber made his usual poor start from 4th on the grid and languished back in 15th place after the first corner however he managed to turn things around and after some brilliant driving, finished the race in 2nd place. This will be his last F1 race in Britain as he is retiring from F1 at the end of the season to go and race Porsches.

Mick just read an article in Friday’s Daily Mail saying that Paul Rudd has deposed Julia Gillard to become the Australian Prime Minister.

No-one here is interested in Australian politics.

Oh, and Glastonbury 2013 ends tonight with Mumford and Sons as the closing act and the new series of Top Gear starts tonight on the BBC.