New Quay, Ceredigion, Wales, Summer
Sometimes you just have to be a bit of a tourist.
Sometimes you just have to be a bit of a tourist.
On a particularly lush day, we moved away from clifftop trekking and head to the beautiful little town of New Quay, Welsh name Cei Newydd.
New Quay is known for its vast sandy beaches, incredible local geology, and wildlife spotting. Until the early 19th century New Quay basically consisted of a few cottages and farm land. This all changed in the 1830s when a stone pier was constructed, which is still in use, and shipbuilding became the dominant industry here. Shipbuilding ceased 30–40 years later but ship navigation continued, and New Quay was the place to go and learn navigation. A local newspaper printed “New Quay... has more retired sea captains living in it than any other place of its own size in Wales.”
Like a lot of UK seaside towns, two world wars ended industry and manufacturing here, and began New Quay’s emergence as a desirable tourist destination. Which, on this occasion, included us.
And boy, what a glorious day it was.
All photos taken on my Sony α7ii using my Sony 24-240mm F3.5-6.3 OSS zoom lens. RAWs developed in Lightroom, merged in Photomatix, and editing and finalised in Photoshop.
New Quay, Ceredigion, Wales, Summer by Ian Cylkowski is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0