John Thorpe tells CAtherine that she need wait no longer forthe Tilneys- he has seen them riding out in the direction of Wick Rocks.

Wick rocks was/is on the way to Bristol, and is in the process of becoming a nature reserve. Some idea of why people went to Wick for a day trip can be sen in the following link.It seems to be a description of a picturesque tour from Bath to Wick , and is dated 1819. The author is the ubiquitous Pierce Egan