So there I was among these 1000 year old ruins in bare feet, on an island ALL BY MYSELF... it was delightful.

Sounds like it. Did you hunt around for a little cave to try to find some Lewis chessmen? That discovery happened under somewhat similar circumstances, after all, though I bet you wouldn't mistake them for the Little People as the 1830s shepherd was said to have done.

Your burn-bag stuff reminds me of one of Dorothy Parker's book reviews: "This is not a book to be laid aside lightly. It should be thrown aside with great force."