So, I just had a bit of a meltdown.  Having had very little response from my questionnaire and no response at all from putting it on the Caithness.org forum, I sat staring at the computer, screaming "I'm going to fail, I'm going to fail!"

Panic now over.

I have purchased a month's subscription with SurveyMonkey and think that will help get people to fill in the questionnaire. 

I feel as though I have turned a page in Dissertation Creation.  I also feel chilled.  Peace.

In other news, the non-Caithness parts of the dissertation (history etc) are going down a treat.