When you drive (or ride) through Normandy, you'll find that the landscape changes every few kilometers. At one time, you can be driving through agricultural lands, followed by a winding road in a forest, ending up via a lake and hills. The countryside of Normandy, both Upper and Lower sees many hills, cliffs and rivers & lakes. Here's an impression of what you'll see when going on the local country roads. Driving around the small country lanes can be really nice. Thanks to winding roads, woods and beautiful landscapes, you'll not be disappointed. The roads themselves are well maintained, will regular re-surfacing of the tarmac. Along the way, during almost every time of the year, you'll find agricultural equipment busy. During the several harvesting periods in the year (since different crops are grown, harvest can be any time), you'll see many large farming equipment day & night working the land. WARNING: Since these enormous machines must get to the farm land, they use the public roads. This means, often you find this: It's not unusual to find mud, oil, diesel on the roads. Specially when riding a motorcycle, you'll need to pay a close attention to the road surface, and what lies ahead in a blind curve. Running into a combine harvester is no unheard off. Alongside many of the roads, you'll find small streams or rivers. If you look closely at house built next to these rivers and streams, you'll see that they are watermills, generating either electricity, or are used to grind wheat or other food. The rivers are not only used by watermills, but you'll also find fish farms where the raise different types of fish. Most of the fish farms offer you to catch your own fish in the tanks or ponds. There are several large and small forests spread around the countryside. Some are sparsely populated, while others are....: ... incredible dense forest. Inside these forests you'll always find trekking paths, but also wild animals like boars and deer (so watch out during hunting season). Do not be surprised when driving around to suddenly see a farm land, and further on a nuclear power plant. 80% of France's electricity is generated by nuclear energy.