A British expat who moved to southern Spain 15 years ago says he still returns home every summer to escape the sweltering heat and crowds of tourists.

Steven Langford, 60, swapped the Ribble Valley in Lancashire for Andalusia in 2010.

He settled in Nerja, a picturesque beach town east of Málaga on the Costa Del Sol. New Feature

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Mr Langford, a financial adviser, said that for most of the time he loved living in the coastal resort – except during the peak tourist season in August, when the population quadruples from 25,000 to 100,000 and temperatures regularly exceed 35°C.

“Nerja becomes, for me, a little too busy in the height of the summer,” he told The i Paper .

“During most of the year, it’s quite ‘touristy’ but generally

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