The real Thomas van Schaik was an annual visitor to Battle Mountain as a member of Team Cygnus, first as a rider and then as a dogsbody, but rather inconsiderately moved to China in 2015. Since the Battle Mountain event wouldn't be the same without him, certain other members of the team created 2D Thomas for joke comedy photographic purposes. At the awards bash this year it was suggested I took him on a road trip; on returning home I further auggested he should accompany Prof Larrington to the Counterweight Continent where, hopefully, he should now be recovering from jet lag in Perth.