“Not all those who wander are lost.”

[davem]

Originally Posted by Bb

Well, what would we expect from an author who was writing a mythology for an island nation?

I wasn't talking about the sea, but the Sea.

Originally Posted by Lalwende

Maybe Tom does not need to travel any longer? He may have already travelled far and wide and have no more or only one more lesson to learn. Or maybe one of the ideas about him is true, that he embodies Middle-earth itself and so does not need to travel? He is a traveller within his own land, and there may be many things to see in the Old Forest which are very small but nevertheless interesting

It could be argued that Tom is the greatest traveller in Middle-earth - he may not travel far in space, but he certainly has taken a long journey in time, from the appearance of the first stars to the end of the Third Age (& beyond?).