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Sky Ride, Real Madrid and sizzling temperatures - it's another busy weekend in Bournemouth

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  • Bournemouth is gearing up for one of the busiest weekends of the year
  • Last weekend 120,000 people headed down to the beach and this weekend is expected to be just as busy, if not busier.
  • Litter teams will be working around the clock in a bid to keep Bournemouth tidy
  • Cyclists will hit the streets of Bournemouth on Saturday for the Sky Ride
  • From 6.15 pm until 10.30 pm town centre roads will be closed off for an evening race circuit, family ride and Bournemouth's first ever Nightglow Spectacular.
  • On Saturday and Sunday Moors Valley country park will be celebrating its 25th birthday with a Gruffalo trail
  • The Bournemouth Masquerade Festival will be staged from noon
  • In Purbeck the Church Knowle Food Festival at the village hall is set to prove a popular draw on Saturday.
  • A skatejam will be held at Two Riversmeet leisure centre in Christchurch to mark the end of the refurbishment project
  • There will be a family fun day at Shelley Park with families and friends who have lost loved ones due to addiction invited to remember them.
  • The Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival will continue all weekend with the main procession on Sunday at 2 pm.
  • The weekend will come to a close with the long-awaited Cherries match against Real Madrid which kicks off at the Goldsands Stadium at Dean Court at 7.45pm.

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