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It is time for The View from the Lane.

I'm Kate Mason and joining me today are James Moore.

And back from holiday, Jay Harris.

Are you bringing the sunshine to us, Jay? Yeah, I mean, depending on how you look at it and depending how James looks at it, I even timed that holiday perfectly or horrendously to miss two busy weeks. But it feels like every week is busy with Spurs at the moment. And yes, I was in Barbados. It was very sunny. And everyone was telling me that it was raining in the UK and I've come back and it's sunny. So yeah, happy days. That's what I like to call a Charlie Eccleshare holiday. Go on. Charlie seemed to have a habit. Maybe this is unfair and possibly he actually only did it once. But I think he was on holiday when Pochitino got sacked. Which is very... Actually, that is definitely right, because Charlie missed the first ever view from the lane, I think, because he was on holiday. And that was the week after Pochitino got sacked. So, yeah, that's how I kind of remember that. That's Charlie Echo. And I know the listeners love Charlie Echo share, but he did go on holiday and miss that crucial juncture. That's when you knew he would become a tennis journalist. Yeah, exactly. I was just, I was just counting down the days from that point. Well, I know the dates, the dates were quite particular, Jay, so I don't, I don't think it was your desire to get away during international break, was it? It was for a specific event. And so I hope it was a very good one. Yeah, thank you. Like I actually mentioned, it's from my dad's 60th. I should actually point out, because I don't think I haven't mentioned it before, but my granddad who lives in Barbados is actually a Spurs fan when he came over to the UK, went to White Hart Lane a

couple of times. He's 94 now, so he doesn't really keep up with football in the way that he

used to. He still loves cricket. And he asked me, we're a spurs in the table. Did you just

lie? No, I told him, and he, I think he generally thought I was taking the Mick out of him.

And he just, he repeated it.

17th, I said, yeah, 17th, wherever they are now.

Like, surely you're lying to me, boy.

And I said, no, I'm being deadly serious.

So, yeah, fortunately, it wasn't enough to shock him too much.

That is absolutely dreadful that you're going over to Barbados and bringing this news to your family.

But, yeah, I hope is a great birthday for your dad.

And great to have you back.

And yeah, for international listeners, the sun is shining across most of, we're certainly England.

And we're all in, I think we're in good

moods at the moment. We've watched, we've spent our weekends eating Easter eggs and watching

training video, eight minutes of training videos from Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, James.

How much did you enjoy the both metaphorical and literal arm around the shoulder that

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