A STAG party stranded in Amsterdam after flight cancellations were forced to buy bikes so they could catch a ferry home.

Groom-to-be Alex Sisan, from Worthing, and 13 of his friends were due to board an EasyJet flight to Gatwick on Saturday.

But the flight was cancelled, leaving the group stranded in the Netherland after their two-day trip.

After deciding the best route home was to take a train to Calais and board a ferry to Dover, the men were told foot passengers were not allowed – but bicycles were.

The Argus: Groom-to-be Alex Sisan, from Worthing, and friends Groom-to-be Alex Sisan, from Worthing, and friends

So Alex and his friends spent the afternoon buying bikes in Brussels and Lille – stop-offs on their journey - from shops and Facebook marketplace.

All but one of the stag party were able to gte hold of a cycle in just three hours, at a total cost of £1,300.

The final member of the group managed to convince a young couple to let him in their car for the crossing.

Alex, 29, said he could not believe they had managed to arrive in Dover just 12 hours after their flight cancellation.

The Argus: Alex Sisan, from Worthing, and friends at Calais Alex Sisan, from Worthing, and friends at Calais

"We had the craziest day, but we just wanted to get home ,” he said.

"At the time, it didn’t feel like fun, but I had two of the best days of my life with 13 best friends and this just topped it off.

"Looking back, the experience was so stressful and like something from a movie or a Top Gear challenge.

"But it was so much fun and a brilliant story that I will be telling at the wedding, and hopefully to my kids - and then their kids.”

Alex said after their flight was cancelled at Schiphol Airport, their failed attempts at renting cars and buying tickets for the Eurostar meant a ferry was the only viable option.

The party boarded a train to Calais, which went via Brussels and Lille.

The Argus: Alex Sisan, from Worthing, and friends on stag do in Amsterdam Alex Sisan, from Worthing, and friends on stag do in Amsterdam

Alex, who is getting married next month, said: "We had to spend two hours running around Lille to get bikes.

"I was on Facebook marketplace for two hours, with the pin location set to Lille, trying to arrange to buy some of these bikes. They ranged from €40 to €220.”