Into the alley

Unless you can climb back up the wall, it looks like down the alley is the easiest way to get out of sight. You move quickly and smoothly across the wide boulevard to the alley but just before you slip out of sight you hear a yell come from the gang of boys and see that they are all running towards you and waving their wooden weapons. Fighting a dozen people at once - even untrained boys with wooden weapons - does not appeal to you so you move quickly further down the alley.

There is a large wooden door to your left and a large water trough with about 2 feet of scum-covered water standing in. The door is barred but you could probably use the axe to get through if you have enough time. Ahead of you a large pile of manure and old straw obscures your view of the rest of the alley. You wonder how this much old manure could be dumped in the middle of a city alley. Looking closely you see a large open hole in the wall above the manure, in better times the manure was probably loaded into directly wagons and carted out to be sold to nearby farms. Since the siege started it looks like the manure was just left lying where it fell.

Moving around the stinking pile you see the alley ends abruptly in a solid looking wall. You have about 30 seconds until the gang gets to the alley and another half minute for them to get to where you are.