Is there an equivalent to Cruz de Ferro on Norte / Primitivo?

[TaraWalks]

Hi everyone, I will be walking the Norte & Primativo from mid May with my husband.

It's not our first Camino and last time, my mother gave me 5 prettily painted stones for the Cruz de Ferro which I carried and laid for her. They weren't small, but it made her happy I carried them in her honour.

This time I know she'll likely want me to lay more stones for her. Is there an equivalent to Cruz de Ferro on the Norte/Primativo route?

 

[trecile]

Not that I know of. I think that you let the place find you.

 

[TaraWalks]

Thanks @trecile I'll let my soul do the finding

 

[Jaime Carrollo]

The sooner the better, depending on weight!

 

[BrianLCrabtree]

I like the advice of letting the place find you. For me, it was a waymarker at the top of the Hospitales on the Primitivo, a powerful moment.

 

[TaraWalks]

I like the advice of letting the place find you. For me, it was a waymarker at the top of the Hospitales on the Primitivo, a powerful moment.

Thanks @BrianLCrabtree That may be the spot for me too
Cheers,
Tara

 

[Jaime Carrollo]

I start the Norte May 12. Maybe we will cross paths at some point!

 

[TaraWalks]

I start the Norte May 12. Maybe we will cross paths at some point!

We may! If we start from Irun, my husband and I will probably be about 5 days behind you, starting on May 17. We haven't decided if we are starting from Irun or Bilbao yet as we aren't sure if we want to do a few rest days before Dave flies home and I travel onto the UK at the end of June. But it looks likely we'll start at Irun, if not we may see you in Bilbao

 

[lt56ny]

Not that I know of. I think that you let the place find you.

You took the words right out of my mouth.

 

[Peligro]

Here’s the spot @BrianLCrabtree might be referring to:




And you may want to consider contributing your stones to the remains of the Hospitales themselves:

 

[Aptrail]

I love this thread. For some reason I found the comments touching, especially the part about the place finding you.

 

[trecile]

Whatever you do, please only leave stones, not photos, ribbons or other detritus that will have to be cleaned up by some locals.
Not many people realize the amount of junk that is hauled away periodically from the Cruz de Ferro: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/cleaning-cruz-de-ferro.56952/

 

[TaraWalks]

Whatever you do, please only leave stones, not photos, ribbons or other detritus that will have to be cleaned up by some locals.
Not many people realize the amount of junk that is hauled away periodically from the Cruz de Ferro: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/cleaning-cruz-de-ferro.56952/

Of course. I know about how the CdF has to periodically be tidied up. Thanks

 

[TaraWalks]

Here’s the spot @BrianLCrabtree might be referring to:

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And you may want to consider contributing your stones to the remains of the Hospitales themselves:

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Lovely pics! Thankyou for the suggestion.

 

[Peligro]

Yes, you can see people have made a junk pile in the picture. TaraWalks is only talking about stones like she took the last time. And I’m not suggesting messing with the structure of the ruins. Just thought her mother’s rocks might not want to be near the assorted debris others have left.