He has been soaking up the sunshine in the Balearic Islands this week while recovering from a bout of pneumonia.

And Jeremy Clarkson appears to have become even more relaxed during his holiday after swapping his usual go-to of shorts for something more light and airy.

The Grand Tour presenter looked happy walking across a beach in Ibiza with his friends while wearing a kaftan which had been cinched-in to his hips by a scarf.

Jeremy Clarkson looked happy and relaxed during his holiday in Ibiza while sporting a kaftan which was cinched-in by a scarf

He appeared to joke around with his group of friends before they all sat down to have lunch on the beach

His happy demeanour comes after being discharged from a hospital following his pneumonia diagnosis

In addition to his beach dress, the 57-year-old wore a white t-shirt, a blue pendant necklace and a watch while carrying a yellow bag and clutching his mobile phone.

He was seen joking with the group before they sat down for lunch at the beach club in the sunshine.

Clarkson previously was spotted wearing shorts during his holiday. He is pictured on a boat in Majorca

His happy demeanour comes after being discharged from a hospital following his pneumonia diagnosis.

Clarkson also appears to have kicked his smoking habit having not been seen with cigarettes twice since his admission.

The Doncaster native also revealed he thought about killing himself while battling the illness.

Writing in his Sunday Times column, he said had spent 'three nights spent spasming in my bed' before a doctor sent him for tests at the hospital.

He was then told he would have to be admitted 'for at least a week', which he called 'impossible'.

The doctor added: 'If you don't do as I say you will die', wrote Clarkson.

The TV presenter described his boredom in the hospital as 'so bad I thought often about killing myself'.

He writes: 'I'm sure many of you will have found yourself in hospital, not having planned to be there.

His daughter Emily, 23, revealed the family was 'lucky' they caught his pneumonia early during an appearance on ITV's Lorraine yesterday

'But for me it was a new experience. And a weird one. Because I was in a room with nothing on the walls except wallpaper, and most of that was coming off.'

His daughter Emily, 23, revealed the family was 'lucky' they caught his pneumonia early during an appearance on ITV's Lorraine yesterday.

She said: 'It was sort of slow. We didn't realise it was pneumonia when he got it.

'We were there on a family holiday and I flew home on the Friday morning and by Friday afternoon he'd been admitted to hospital, so I popped back to go and be on nursing duty.

'But he's on the mend now he's great.'

She was on the show to promote her first book, Can I Speak To Someone In Charge?, which has just been released.

A spokeswoman for The Grand Tour said: 'Jeremy Clarkson was admitted to hospital on Friday morning during a family holiday in Spain, and is being treated for pneumonia.'