Cairn, Portela de Grande, St. James Way - Portugal
N 41° 51.571 W 008° 36.312
29T E 532768 N 4634254
This wayside cross with cairn and memorial plaque is located on the Portuguese part of Way of St. James, allmost on top of Portela de Grande, 405 metres/1330 feet above sea level in a eucalyptus forest.
Waymark Code: WMH6P0
Location: Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Date Posted: 05/31/2013
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Alongside the Portuguse camino, Way of St. James, in a eucalyptus forest
you will find this wayside cross. Over time the cross has been supllied with lots of stones and small items from the pilgrims passing by. What makes this cross different from many of the others on the route, is the amount of stones and items and a memorial plaque.
The text of the memorial plaque says:
Remember
Michelle Kleist
She loved the Pilgrim Walk and hoped to complete many more before being tragically killed in a plane crash at Moree, Australia
on 30 March 2011
Greatly loved and greatly missed
Michelle Kleist's parents and the pilot were also killed at the accident, but her brother and his daughter survived. Read more about the accident
here