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==Paris to Hayling cycle ride== The island is the home of the Hayling Charity Cycle Ride which organises an annual charity cycle ride most often from Hayling Island to Paris and back.<ref name=":0">{{cite web| url = https://haylingcycleride.org.uk| title = Hayling Cycle Ride β Join us!}}</ref> This event, run entirely by local unpaid volunteers, was started in 1986 by local cyclist Peter McQuade<ref>{{cite web |title=Cyclists celebrate as funds total tops Β£1m |url=http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/cyclists-celebrate-as-funds-total-tops-163-1m-1-1282251 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623185258/http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/cyclists-celebrate-as-funds-total-tops-163-1m-1-1282251 |archive-date=2015-06-23 |website=www.portsmouth.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cyclists en route to Β£1m Paris challenge |url=http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/cyclists-en-route-to-163-1m-paris-challenge-1-1266480 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623185100/http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/cyclists-en-route-to-163-1m-paris-challenge-1-1266480 |archive-date=2015-06-23 |website=www.portsmouth.co.uk}}</ref> and has been run every year since. Up to 2023 over Β£1,800,000 had been collected for more than 500 good causes. Entrants have come from 15 different countries on five continents. Based on their research the organisers believe it may be the oldest long distance charity ride in the world.<ref name=":0" />
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