Endeavour
1 to attempt (eg the fulfilment of an obligation) by exertion of effort; 2 archaic to strive to achieve or reach ~ vi to make an effort to do something n a serious determined effort
Northampton Branch Newsletter - August 2013
Good media coverage as first Task Party goes to work at Lock 17 The first birthday of the Canal & River Trust on 2nd July was aslso an auspicious date for IWA Northampton Branch as it marked our first Task Party on the Northampton Arm of the Grand Union Canal following the Arm’s adoption by the Branch — probably the largest canal adoption venture in the country so far. All of which prompted the attention of the media, with BBC Radio Northampton and an ITV Anglia News team turning out to interview volunteers and film them in action at Lock 17 at the bottom of the four-and- half- mile 17-lock Arm. Lock 17, near the heart of Northampton at the gateway to the River Nene, had been chosen for the first assault because it was arguably the area most in need of some tlc. It is also the entry point to the
At work on Lock 17
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