Ta Pilotohog,
are you going to support your team at the championships?
Marugan is about 50nm NW of Madrid so a routing from San Sebastian and then SW via Vitoria or Logrono would be close to a staight line. Not sure what altitude we would need for that route. If the Wx/cloudbase should prevent a VFR flight over the hills we could take the costal route .......
I have only been to Spain in the summer a few times but it was blue sky and cloud free for the duration. Is north/central Spain prone to cloud cover? It always seem to be dry.
With regard to going over or around, the aircraft is good for the altitude (it made 7000 ft in 5 mins at MTOW, UK summer temperatures in the flight testing) but airways and human performance might be the limiting factors. I guess I need to get out my atlas and see how the land lies. That pool to the east of Pamplona sounds tempting if the crossing to there is not too high.
Rans6........
ps: the Rans S6 is not the aircraft for this trip!