Coonoor, next door to Ooty, is about 4000-5000 feet above sea level. Its usually pleasant, but in winter can get chilly. Obviously its nowhere near the temperatures of Kashmir or Norway or Alaska. So you hardly expect to find the much romanticised white Christmas... At most, you think that your breath will puff, your nose will sniffle and your chest will wheeze.
In mid-winter however with the thermometre edging towards zero, the wise cuddle in bed. Get up late. Cover, head, toes, chest, legs in layers. Have hot cups of tea and coffee. Perhaps add a drap of something stronger.
But then when you have a curious cat or should we say mad hatter like Sonal... who insists you wake up at
5.00 in the morning. And get out of Bed. And go out in the cold to even colder hills, you do what her husband did... turn over and go to sleep. But then you'd miss out on...
Thankfully for us, Sonal and Co had cameras, and a wonderful pen... we hand you over to Sonal and her merry band of Frost Hunters...