The sun is shining and the sky is blue, though it's a little chillier than the summer days that helped Porthcawl make its name, when mining families would flock to its beaches in huge numbers.
A lot has changed for the seaside resort since that mid-20th century heyday but some things, like the golden beaches, have stayed much the same. Take Salt Lake car park. For around half a century the 2,800-space site has been at the centre of various regeneration plans for Porthcawl, and locals are still waiting for something to be done.
"Some of the older generation are quite apathetic by this point," local campaigner Gemma Lewis tells us on a salty-breezed spring morning at the car park. "My mum was saying, 'Oh don't get involved, nothing ever happens.'"
