Thames Traffic Montage

We hate to say it, but the Daily mail might have actually come up with an interesting story today.

They’ve published this picture which shows all the boats which passed between Tower Bridge and London Bridge in one hour in a single composite image.

The montage was put together by photographer Alisdair MacDonald, who set up his camera on London Bridge between midday and one o’clock and photographed every vessel that passed.

According to the Mail the number of passengers on the river has risen by 4 per cent since 1999 to 2.3 million a year and the the increase in the number of commuters has shot up by 80 per cent in the past year,

The report also goes on to mention that the River Thames could possibly be an illegal immigrant and may have also played some part in the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

(Yes we know all today’s papers have got this picture in them but the Mail is the only one which has every boat labelled to tell you what it is - we admire that level of geekiness.)

(Via Londonist.)