About this blog
Trying hard to look as if I know what I'm doing, Pigne d'Arolla, Swiss Alps.
As of 30th December 2010, this blog is no longer active
I’m Paul Filby, a freelance Technical Author based in the English Peak District. This blog — “A Wild Vista” — was updated from August 2009 to the end of 2010, being somewhere I could post words and pictures about whatever I fancied outwith my day job. If your interests coincide with mine, then I hope you’ll find something here to inspire, or perhaps just keep you occupied for a few minutes while your tea’s brewing.
And my interests are? Well, primarily the less extreme end of the spectrum of mountain sports: hillwalking, scrambling, mountain trekking, and rock climbing*. Then there’s travel and photography, which go hand in hand with a love for mountains, so you’ll find elements of both covered in posts too. Though not a gadget fanatic, I keep abreast of advances in technology — particularly the ongoing development of the web — so I’ll be posting technical articles on occasion as well.
All posts are open for comments, so feel free to have your say if a particular post chimes with your world view, or gets your goat. Alternatively, there’s always the Contact form if you’d prefer to send me a direct message.
*The rock climbing’s currently on hold (possibly permanently) following an injury :-(