Very good points and advice, thank you! I spent almost three weeks in Girona in November and only brought my gravel bike. The riding is simply amazing! My favourite ride was going north of Figueres into the mountains there doing a reckon of this year’s 360 route. I was running Pathfinder 42’s with xc cush core and they handled everything well, no punctures.
Great point about bikepacking. Last September I did a 560km gravel bikepacking trip over 3 days and it’s such a good option for volume and the mental down moments you mention. I wish I could fit in a 5-day bikepacking trip, but with work and already going to Spain for 3 weeks for the race I don’t think I can manage that. Will be doing back to back long rides on weekends very soon here.