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As I carried out the school run this morning (on foot), I noticed that there seemed to be a lot of extra traffic in town today.\u00c2\u00a0 Then I realised it was due to the British Grand Prix, which is taking place in Silverstone this weekend.\u00c2\u00a0 The A43<\/a> is closed for non-event traffic, which puts pressure on the M1, which in turn pushes traffic onto other roads in the area, including the main road through our town.<\/p>\n

It’s not really a problem – The A43 is only closed for 3 days a year and the knock-on effect of having the home of British Motor Racing on our doorstep is increased engineering jobs in the local area\u00c2\u00a0(it’s a shame that Aston Martin moved out of Newport Pagnell in favour of their new HQ at Gaydon<\/a>) – indeed I’m pretty pleased that Donington Park couldn’t get it’s act together so the British Grand Prix has stayed at Silverstone<\/a>!<\/p>\n

What was interesting though was a local BBC news story last night… BBC East was covering a (non-) story about whether Silverstone is in Northamptonshire, or in Buckinghamshire<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s simple – Silverstone village is in Northamptonshire, but the circuit spans the county boundary.\u00c2\u00a0 Why that’s the cause of such controversy is, frankly, a mystery but, then again, I know what\u00c2\u00a0a big deal crossing the county boundary is\u00c2\u00a0to some locals (for reference, I was born in Northamptonshire and now live within the Milton Keynes unitary authority, in what was once Buckinghamshire… and it will take 3 generations to be accepted as a true local in the town where I now live!).<\/p>\n

What amused me was one of the people that the BBC interviewed for its package on last night’s news – when asked which county Silverstone is in, one guy responded that it’s in Buckinghamshire because, when he googled for the weather, Buckingham was the nearest town!\u00c2\u00a0 I found it quite amusing that people today are happy to judge geographic boundaries by Google search results, rather than by a map…<\/p>\n

So, if you’re at the British Grand Prix this weekend (I’d love to be there but will be watching on a television instead) it seems that the Grand Prix circuit<\/a> from Becketts Corner to somewhere near Village Corner is in Buckinghamshire, otherwise you’re in Northamptonshire (Rose of the Shires).<\/p>\n

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