For Truro’s Canadian chairman Eric Perez, the bus journey to Gateshead is getting on for twice as long as his seven-hour flight from Toronto to London.
But coming from such a vast nation, big away trips are the norm and something he expects.
“When the King comes to Canada on the same day he might find himself in the Northwest Territories, in rural Manitoba and then in Toronto, which is infinitely more distance than we’re travelling to Gateshead,” Perez tells BBC Sport.
“So if the King can do it, I think we can do it. I’m actually looking forward to it as I’m going to be taking the journey with the players.
“I’m really looking forward to breaking the record with them – a record that will never be broken, I don’t think.
“Well, it’ll be broken when we play in Newcastle in the league – that’s when it’ll be broken and that’ll be some years when we’ve achieved some promotions.
“I’m not going to say it’s a short journey. It’s a ridiculously long journey in context.
“But what that does is it galvanises our side even further – everybody spends time together, we’re used to travelling together.”
