The sound of the bagpipes being played every night at 7:30 over the past year could be heard in Fergus, Ontario.<\/p>\n
Those that reside in the township may already know that it\u2019s local resident Peter Hummel playing them to thank frontline workers for their efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
What they may not know is today marks the one-year anniversary of Hummel playing his bagpipes every night outside his home.<\/p>\n
Hummel said while him and his wife Sandie were in lockdown the idea to play every night came from her.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy wife had read somewhere that people were going out at 7:30 at night when there\u2019s a shift change at this hospital in the U.K., and they\u2019re banging their pots and pans in that neighbourhood for the workers to thank them for going to work,\u201d Hummel said.<\/p>\n
Sandie suggested that Hummel do the same and he agreed.<\/p>\n
Hummel said people in his neighbourhood steadily come out every night to watch him play and on those really cold nights he would play inside his house.<\/p>\n