# Where's a good place to see hedgerows in France? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 2, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-a-good-place-to-see-hedgerows-in-france/617539 "2012-04-02T01:58:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-a-good-place-to-see-hedgerows-in-france/617539/1 "2012-04-02T01:58:34Z")
In a few weeks I’ll be visiting the Normandy beaches. I’ve got a route planned out but one thing I’d like to see is a good example of the hedgerows the Allies had to contend with after the invasion. Does anybody know of a good place in France near the beaches to see them? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-a-good-place-to-see-hedgerows-in-france/617539/2 "2012-04-02T02:56:09Z")
I don’t know where to find any hedgerows, but if you find one and there is a bustle in it, you shouldn’t get alarmed. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-a-good-place-to-see-hedgerows-in-france/617539/3 "2012-04-02T03:05:42Z")
Looking at it from Google Earth, I think you would have a hard time not finding hedgerows. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-a-good-place-to-see-hedgerows-in-france/617539/4 "2012-04-02T03:11:02Z")
> [@sitchensis](#): > > Looking at it from Google Earth, I think you would have a hard time not finding hedgerows. Yeah, start at the beach and walk toward Berlin. They’re bound to be around there, somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-a-good-place-to-see-hedgerows-in-france/617539/5 "2012-04-02T03:43:19Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I don’t know where to find any hedgerows, but if you find one and there is a bustle in it, you shouldn’t get alarmed. After all, it’s just a spring clean for the May queen! ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-a-good-place-to-see-hedgerows-in-france/617539/6 "2012-04-02T04:01:23Z")
[Extent of the bocage country during the Normandy campaign](http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/normandy/p33.jpg). From that, probably anywhere behind the two US beaches (Omaha, Utah) will do, but the worst fighting was behind Omaha. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-a-good-place-to-see-hedgerows-in-france/617539/7 "2012-04-02T04:52:18Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > After all, it’s just a spring clean for the May queen! Came in to say this. I always miss the good setups. 😉