The Sea Wall

On the way down to the Elie Harbor there's a section of roadway, about a hundred yards long, that has a raised sea wall.  The top of the wall on the road side is about four feet above the ground and on the sea side it's about sixteen feet above the rocks when the tide is out.  It's about eight feet above the sea when the tide is in.  The top of the wall is about two feet in width.

A daredevil escapade of the local boys was to hoist our bikes on to the top of the sea wall at its upper end then gingerly get on and carefully kick off.  Gravity increased your speed as you sped on down the narrow top of the wall till you got to the end of the wall at the lower end.  There was a lamppost right beside the lower end of the wall that you grabbed that assisted you to stop and get off.  Some of us got so daring that we could pedal the wall from the lower end to the upper.  Making the ride uphill was more difficult and dangerous.

The local adults were terrified when we rode our bikes on top of the wall.  They immediately called for Jimmy Wilson the bobby to show up.

When he did we were long gone.  Ha, ha.

Another sea wall that we rode our bikes on top of was the raised sea wall that extends from the tip of the Elie harbor to the jetty rocks.   (Why? Because it was there.)

Boys will be boys.