Ok, so I am really winging it with my PhD as it is. No one has experience in what I'm doing at the uni I'm at, I have no experience in research really and now my main supervisor is leaving for a different uni. To be honest I only saw my supervisor once every few months and they never replied to my emails so this does give me the opportunity to find someone who knows what I'm doing (they want to keep me on but no trust left after they neglected to tell me they were leaving so I had to find out from other people at the uni). But I feel lost right now. I'm a year in and I haven't collected any data, is that normal or should I be worried?? I know exactly what I want to do but as I get no help I have no idea how to go about it - I just keep getting told to finish my lit review which is in draft form and as what I am doing is a very new area it will be outdated in 2 yrs anyway (it's a fulltime phd).

So here I am, middle of nowhere (I live over an hr from the uni) with 1 supervisor leaving and the other completely confused by my area, tonnes of demands on my time but always stuff that everyone else needs (i.e. helping with websites and reports that do nothing for my academic credit) and my director of studies, who I'm pretty sure thinks I'm a complete waste of time, is impossible to contact and talk to about what I do next. I just need a bit of help! Can anyone give me advice?