FESTIVAL-GOERS braved one of the muddiest T in the Parks in recent years to make the three-day event a success.

Music fans had to navigate large areas of deep mud in making their way around the Balado site.

However, the difficult conditions did nothing to dampen the spirits of revellers who enjoyed headline sets from Snow Patrol, The Stone Roses and Kasabian.

Festival director Geoff Ellis said: "The weather definitely brought some challenges but we were prepared and our team worked extremely hard to keep things on track, which was no mean feat. The overwhelming response from those that were here was that, regardless of the rain, they had an absolutely amazing time. The sense of camaraderie was obvious."

The 19th annual event saw the first T in the Park performances for Scottish singer Emeli Sande and American performer Nikki Minaj and also hosted the last-ever Scottish performance of band Swedish House Mafia.

However, the main event of the weekend was the chance to see The Stone Roses, fronted by Ian Brown, play their first Scottish show with their original line-up since performing at Glasgow Green in 1990.

Steve Creanor, 30, had made the trip to Balado just to see the band perform. The engineer said: "This is a historic moment. When my two sons are older I'll be playing them Stone Roses albums and I want to be able to tell them that dad saw the band perform live and tell them what that was like."

Some revellers, however, struggled to cope with the mud and called the weekend quits before the headline acts came on. Sarah Ross, from Shawlands, Glasgow, said: "We've had enough. It's been great but it's rained all day, our tent is swimming and we're covered in mud.

"I can't take any more – though what we did see was great."

Violinist Nicola Benedetti, who was the first classical act to play at the festival, said: "My 15-minute set went by in a flash. I think it was great. We really, really enjoyed it, people were listening, we felt that everyone was really there with us, and it was nice to chat to them a little bit and keep it sort of informal."

Superintendent Rick Dunkerley, event commander, paid tribute to music fans for their behaviour at this year's event. He attributed a rise in the number of drug arrests this year to more robust policing of the event.

Mr Dunkerley said: "We have taken great encouragement from the positive attitude of everyone at this year's event. I think it's fair to say the conditions have been challenging for them but they have refused to let anything dampen their enthusiasm. Our traditional community engagement style of policing, complemented by a no-nonsense proactive approach to searching for illegal drugs, has led to a small rise in the number of arrests as compared to the same time last year, as well as an increase in detection rates."

Officers made a total of 26 arrests, with low-level crime counting for the majority of incidents and drug offences for about 75% of all crime.