I actually meant: are there any references to suggest that the Hobbits in
The Lord of the Rings are not wearing boots, or something, after Imladris... in other words, to set against the possibility that they might have been booted [as Bilbo in his tale] although the texts do not certainly refer to boots [as in
The Hobbit I think].
Like a description of Sam looking at his toes... or something like that maybe