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Jul 2025
Sunday Picture Quiz Answers: July 12
Here are the answers to this week's Sunday Picture Quiz. How well did you do?
1. The Maori pou whenua in the Valley Gardens, Harrogate
This pou whenua, or Maori land post, stands in the New Zealand garden in the Valley Gardens.
A pou tells a story and signifies the connection between the people and the land.
The pou is carved with figures.
The garden was opened on June 21, 1954 to celebrate the twinning of Harrogate with Wellington in New Zealand, and includes plants from that country.
One of the striking faces carved into the column.
The garden was refurbished in 2010 and this beautiful pou was brought from New Zealand and blessed in a Maori service.
2. How Stean Gorge, Nidderdale
This dramatic limestone gorge stretches for about a kilometre along How Stean Beck, near Lofthouse, at the top end of Nidderdale.
Privately owned, it is run as a tourist attraction and features a via ferrata, scenic trails, lodges with hot tubs and a glass-floored café with stunning views.
The gorge is part of the Upper Nidderdale Site of Special Scientific Interest, and visitors can enjoy activities such as gorge walking, caving, and abseiling.
3. Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Fountain, Ripon
This lovely structure in Kirkgate Park, also known as Minster Gardens, was built in 1977 to celebrate the late queen's first 25 years on the throne.
The plaque on the fountain.
Unfortunately, it was recently deemed unsuitable to be able to hold water again, and so has been filled with plants instead.
4. Plumpton Rocks
Although this scene looks very natural, it is actually a product of 18th-century hydro-engineering.
The millstone grit rocks themselves are natural, of course. In fact, the neolithic Devil's Arrows standing stones in Boroughbridge are thought to have been quarried here 5,000 years ago.
But the surrounding landscape was designed by Daniel Lascelles in the 1750s. The lake was extended by a dam built by John Carr, the architect of Plompton Hall and Harewood House.
Credit: Harewood House Trust.
In around 1797, Daniel's grandson, Edward Lascelles, the 1st Earl of Harewood, commissioned JMW Turner to produce two paintings of the lake and rocks, and these now hang in Harewood House.
The 30-acre grade II* listed landscape garden has been fully restored and is now open to the public at weekends from 10am to 5pm, from Easter weekend through to the first weekend of October.
Too easy or too difficult? Let us know what you think of our quiz by contacting us at letters@thestrayferret.co.uk. Please do send us tricky pics of the area that we can include – and we'll credit your contribution. Thank you!
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