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Oct 2025

Here are the answers to this week's Sunday Picture Quiz. How well did you do?

1. Anglo-Saxon church cross shaft, Masham
When it was carved over 1,000 years ago, this stone pillar in St Mary's churchyard in Masham would have supported an ornate cross. Now, only the seven-foot-high base remains, topped with a lead cap to prevent erosion.
Sadly, the weather has already done a lot of damage over the centuries, and the intricate carvings are difficult to decipher. Some images have been identified, though, including the Adoration of the Magi, Christ and the Apostles, and a baptism scene.

2. Little Almscliffe Crag, Harrogate
Little Almscliffe rises out of Stainburn Moor – head west and you slip down into the Washburn Valley; head east and you get to Harrogate.
Smaller and far less well known than Almscliffe Crag – the one near North Rigton – it is nevertheless part of the same geological landscape.
Both are made of millstone grit and were formed when the softer shale and mudstone around them eroded away. They are also thought to have been shaped by the ice sheet of the last Ice Age, which ended about 10,000 years ago.

3. Seating at Harrogate Town AFC
Harrogate Town spent six seasons in League Two, the highest level they've ever played at, before being relegated at the end of last season.
They are now back in the National League (the fifth tier of the English football pyramid), but they're doing well and are currrently placed second [at the time of writing].
Their next match is an away fixture – an FA Cup tie against Bury on Saturday (October 17) – but you can catch them at their home ground, the Marcy Fitness Stadium (maximum capacity: 5,000) on Wetherby Road, the following Saturday (October 24) when they take on Sutton United.

4. The Strid, Wharfedale
Too far away to be on our 'patch', but close enough to be familiar to many of us, the Strid, near Bolton Abbey, has been called the 'world's most dangerous body of water'.
Social media posts scream of a '100% fatality rate for people who have fallen in', and even the New York Times has heard of it, publishing an article in 2016 titled 'Six Feet Across and Full of Peril: England’s Killer Creek'.
One reason it is so dangerous is that it's very turbulent, and people falling in can get trapped beneath underwater overhangs.
It's also effectively a river on its side – not very wide, but very, very deep. One YouTuber has measured it with a sonar device at 56 metres (184 feet). For reference, The Exchange high-rise building next to Harrogate railway station is 144 feet high!
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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