Here is the routing
Egbm-egjj for fuel then
Egjj-lfbd overnight there and re fuel
Lfbd-leso again more fuel
Leso-lemu stay there a couple of nights
Sounds pretty straight forward but with our knowing the airspace restrictions not 100%
would it be advisable to avoid the Pyrenees
Also what maps would you recommend ? Jepersens?
Finally in terms of checking the weather enroute which website is useful
Hi,
I've just done a very similar trip in a PA28 - very easy. Our route was
Cambridge -> La Rochelle -> San Sebastian -> Murcia (San Javier).
Beware that LEMU (Muchamiel) has no fuel thus will require an additional stop in Alicante which is expensive. This is why we chose Murcia. Fuel availability in the South of France was also a problem (August) so double check the French AIS and NOTAMs.
Crossing the Pyrenees from San Sebastian to Pamplona VOR is no problem VFR as long as you can get the 5000ft altitude on the day.
Coming back we routed Murcia - > Barcelona Reus (fuel Stop only) -> Carcassonne -> Annecy -> Reims Prunay -> Cambridge. This route allows you to cross the mountains at low level around the coast.
Maps we took were the Jepp half mil for Spain and the Carte Bossy one mil VFR for France. This together with SkyDemon was more than adequate (beware that SkyDemon Spanish charts do not show much VFR sector and route info yet - although this is being worked on). We used Skydemon to load and print out the AIP plates for all the airfields we needed.
For TAFs and METARs we used SkyDemon.
Fuel in Spain was about £2.20/L (incl VAT) and in France about £1.80/L.
Landing Fees from €15-€30 and parking was very cheap.
Here's a good guide for Muchamiel if you're still going there.
Here are the Spanish charges for AENA airports and you can find the Spain AIP
here.