THESE shocking pictures reveal how part of a flagship walkway along Glasgow's riverside has been left an eyesore by vandals.

Graffiti has been daubed over walls and litter is strewn over the pathway in front of the high flats in the Gorbals.

The squalor on the Clyde Promenade - a section of walkway on the south of the river stretching from Albert Bridge to St Andrew's Bridge at McNeil Street - prompted walker John McCreadie to take the snaps.

He called for an urgent clean-up of the area which faces Glasgow Green.

Mr McCreadie, a retired sales manager, said: "It is an absolute mess and it makes me sad to see it like this.

"I walk and cycle all over Glasgow and it is a shame, especially after all the hype there's been about the walkway."

Earlier this month in a series of articles about the regeneration of the Clyde, the Evening Times told how the Gorbals had been transformed with Councillor James Mutter calling the change in the area "remarkable".

The walkway has been promoted as a major way of "enhancing people's enjoyment" of the river.

But Mr McCreadie insists the vandalism must be tackled.

The 64-year-old, from Crookston, said: "I love Glasgow but when I see this sort of thing I stand and shake my head."

A council spokeswoman said: "The litter build-up is a result of the walkway having being closed off for a period. We will have officers on site as soon as possible.

"The council is serious about its efforts to tackle litter and graffiti. More money than ever before is being spent on cleaning up Glasgow."

Last year ex-police officer Ian Redpath took a similar set of photos showing how the stretch of riverside at Custom House Quay had been taken over by vandals.

The council responded to his "dossier of shame" by sending out a squad of workmen to clean up the area - but within days the vandals were back.

George Parsonage of Glasgow Humane Society, who is based on the opposite bank, described the pathway as "disgusting".

He added: "There is fresh graffiti going up every night and it is becoming a no-go zone. I know people who are afraid to walk there."