French Hedges, or rather the lack of them!

[bobk]

I like the run down the N147... Feels like an old friend when I have used it... Sadly, not since 2018

Been down that a few times , not seen many bikers recently , which for me is good ,

 

[grainboy]

I think you mean vocabulary. (Sorry couldn't help it and no- one likes a smart arse.)

I think you are getting confused with the areas described and in the pictures above, which were being discussed, and other parts of France.

Not at all, driven down past Dijon and Troyes many a time, always thought what wonderful agricultural land it was, yes possibly a bit lacking of foliage, but then it’s the arable bread basket of France, no worse than the fens, or Wolds,

 

[Barleymow]

Looks no different from east anglia

Loads of hedge here

 

[bobk]

Plenty of hedges central france , they don't cut them though , Maires office tidys up the roadsides

 

[Gerbert]

I’ve always found it quite ironic that largely left leaning eco types are very attached to hedges which are essentially a symbol from history of an aristocratic land grab.

Don’t get me wrong - I love a good hedge. They aren’t natural though.

Same thing down here in good old Holland, hedges around land is pretty much an exclusive for estates. If there where grants for them it might be different ofcourse.

 

[grainboy]

As said in a previous post,
Driving from Geneva to the Alps the other week, went the French way, ie cheaper car hire and miss Swiss charges.,
The country side is all well kept, nothing goes to waste. From prunings to logs, it’s all used, and no rubbish.

 

[le bon paysan]

Give me the "big girls route" Caen everyday .
I can also recommend Limoges hospital for those inconvenient tib & fib repairs

Which one ? There's 14 !

 

[Surgery]

yep Always made me smile , f**k all hedges in vast swathes of France Belgian Holland yet their women are very bushy

 

[JP1]

yep Always made me smile , f**k all hedges in vast swathes of France Belgian Holland yet their women are very bushy

Not my experience of The Netherlands !

 

[David.]

Yes, but isn’t it tidy, no rubbish, no overhanging branches on roads,

So not really like East Anglia then...

 

[steveR]

Been down that a few times , not seen many bikers recently , which for me is good ,

Porquoi?

 

[steveR]

Which one ? There's 14 !

Unhealthy lot those French....?

 

[steveR]

Plenty of hedges central france , they don't cut them though , Maires office tidys up the roadsides

Wish we still had Parish sidesmen here....

 

[flowerpot]

I’ve always found it quite ironic that largely left leaning eco types are very attached to hedges which are essentially a symbol from history of an aristocratic land grab.

Don’t get me wrong - I love a good hedge. They aren’t natural though.

I had a bit of a discussion with an eco freak who told me that animals shouldn't be turned out in fields as they damaged the hedges. Um - weren't hedges planted in the first place to keep animals in?

 

[Danllan]

Have you noticed they also drive on the other side of the road and they speak a language different to yours, crazy isn't it?

Yes, poor things; but some Friesians do sound almost human, and some Bretons entirely so.

 

[Gerbert]

Yes, poor things; but some Friesians do sound almost human, and some Bretons entirely so.

We do have that in common I suppose, a part of the country with an unphantomable language who keep insisting it is legit.

 

[Danllan]

We do have that in common I suppose, a part of the country with an unphantomable language who keep insisting it is legit.

I have no idea what you mean by that, and nor would the great TS either.

 

[Gerbert]

I do not have the foggiest what is the great ts so hey.
I was trying to be funny but you only really get the joke when you know the friesians here have there own nutty language, as do you welsh have.
Jokes are not my strong suit but I try nonetheless .

 

[Danllan]

I do not have the foggiest what is the great ts so hey.
I was trying to be funny but you only really get the joke when you know the friesians here have there own nutty language, as do you welsh have.
Jokes are not my strong suit but I try nonetheless .

Yes... I too was joking.

The great TS is your avatar, famous for deliberately misconstruing to suit his argument, as I did.

The reason I mentioned the Friesians and the Bretons is because they are the continentals with tongues closest to ours, English and Welsh (used around here) respectively.

You've a very fine understanding and use of English, just not British humour... yet.

 

[le bon paysan]

Unhealthy lot those French....?

Regional centrelots of specialist clinics/hospitals.