A Lanarkshire coach company has left hundreds of budding festival goers in the lurch after cancelling their travel to Creamfields last minute.
The event, which is held in Cheshire, is due to start next Thursday (August 25) and is attended by close to 80,000 people every year.
Stuarts Coaches, who are based in Carluke, had a number of buses booked full of people ready to attend the massive dance music event.
Two buses were due to leave from Motherwell, one from Airdrie, and one from Glasgow.
But, the buses were cancelled on Tuesday night leaving hundreds of Lanarkshire music fans with just a week to organise new transport.
One of those affected was Lynsey Farquharson, from Wishaw, who was booked to leave from Motherwell on Thursday.
Speaking to Lanarkshire Live, she said: "We had just paid close to £2000 the week before and there were no issues.
"We booked all the way back in February, so assumed that we were sorted for the festival.
"We were told late Tuesday evening that Stuarts would not be able to honour our booking as they had a shortage of drivers and would not be able to make the trip down.
"This has meant me and my friends are having to find other ways to get down for the festival on Thursday.
"Trains were going to cost us hundreds of pounds which we just couldn't afford last minute.
"Luckily another operator has agreed to take us down and back up but it was such a stressful experience, especially when it was all at such short notice."
Lanarkshire Live has contacted Stuarts of Carluke for a response.
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