No, it's a collective noun (phrase), Andrew, therefore singular.
I'll find out more while I am there, but the most cutting would have been of
reeds, surely, for thatching.
Chris
On 9 Jun 2010, at 23:52, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> 'Are' a system surely? They are regarded as multiple individual
> lakes. :-)
> Their origin is from peat cutting, I once read but thought it unlikely
> for many reasons.
> 'Broad waters', as opposed to rivers.
> Andrew Fildes
>
>
>
> On 10/06/2010, at 6:45 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
>
>> The Norfolk Broads is a system of inland waterways and lakes in
>> Norfolk, East Anglia. It's a cluster of nature reserves as well as
>> being a place of beauty, albeit rather flat.
>
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