Veteran campaigner visits Black Watch Parade on Waterfront

A BLACK Watch veteran who campaigned to have a foot and cycle path named after his regiment visited Dundee Waterfront to see the results of his success.

Black Watch Parade connects Discovery Point and the V&A to the Tay Road Bridge and City Quay.

Retired Black Watch Sergeant Major Charlie Reid, 72, said the decision to name the path Black Watch Parade honours the Dundee men who fought for The Black Watch.

Although the name was first revealed in 2016 following a public consultation, it was the first time Mr Reid, who served in The Black Watch for 22 years, had seen the completed and fully-open pathway.

He said: “It is absolutely terrific.

“The Black Watch is now called the 3 Scots (the third regiment of the amalgamated Royal Regiment of Scotland) but its name will live on forever.

“They named all the streets in the Waterfront development after famous Dundonians – Mary Slessor and people like that – but The Black Watch i s as famous and Dundonian as they come.”

Mr Reid has successfully campaigned for a city bus to be named after The Black Watch and the Broughty Ferry resident is also planning t o have another vehicle named in its honour.

He said: “My next project is to get one of the new trains that come up the east coast named after The Black Watch as they travel through Fife, Dundee and Angus, which i s Black Watch country.”

Black Watch Parade also forms part of the National Cycle Network (Route 77) and Dundee’s recreational Green Circular Route.

It also features on a Maritime Trail walking route.

Work to connect it to V&A Dundee was completed last autumn.