The Gary Wright Way is named after a 22-year-old Royal Marine from Blanefield, who was killed while serving in Afghanistan in 2006.
He died shortly after his 22nd birthday in October 2006, suffering fatal injuries after an attack on a military convoy in Lashkar Gah, in Helmand Province.
Two of Gary’s close friends, and their Dad, helped put up the signs for the new path and cycleway which runs along the old railway track.