Coming to the river for an escapade (9)
I believe the answer is:
adventure
'an escapade' is the definition.
(I know this)
'coming to the river' is the wordplay.
'coming' becomes 'advent' (advent is the arrival or coming of something).
'to the river' becomes 'Ure' (river in Yorkshire).
'advent'+'ure'='ADVENTURE'
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for adventure that I've seen before include "Dangerous undertaking" , "Exciting exploit" , "that may be exciting" , "spirit of enterprise" , "Risk" .)