Q. What do you do for 30 Days Wild, when it's absolutely hammering down with rain?

A. Watch one of our webcams, was the response from The Wildlife Trusts.

Not a bad idea to be honest and one we may well resort to soon, but Emma and I have a few clever ideas in our locker and today we decided to capitalise on some things we found whilst on our mini adventure on Day 4 - P is for Paddling.

Whilst walking to the river the other day we came across the remnants of a goose. Presumably the majority of it was on the inside of a fox, but what remained was very useful; large feathers. We have been looking for large feathers for a while, with half a mind to make some large Native American headdress. However, inspired by last week's visit to Dove Cottage and the William Wordsworth Museum we decided to have a go at making a quill, because it started out as something wild, right?

And This is how you make a feather quill pen:

The materials: goose feathers, ink, knife and ... ahem YouTube video.

Cut a concave curve near the end, on either side of the nib.

Now make 2 small diagonal cuts to make the nib as narrow as you want.

And this is what it should look like, although this is a very wide nib. — And this is what it should look like, although this is a **very wide nib**.

Now, as is so often the case in this silly land, it has turned into a perfectly sunny evening! Don't forget to tune in tomorrow and well done Emma for taking all these brilliant pictures!

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