The morning sun and brilliant blue sky make the view of Swansea Bay from Aberavon beach front spectacular, but it is bone-chillingly cold and those who are out and about are wrapped in multiple layers of clothes with hats providing extra warmth.
Evidently, Richard Hibbard hasn’t received the memo.
When the former Wales rugby international arrives for our interview, he is dressed in a Green Bay Packers top and black shorts, seemingly immune from the elements and appearing keen to redefine the definition of the word ‘hardy’.