KRE283P Used Nationals in Reading

I suppose one of the interesting aspects of Deregulation was the way bus got scattered far and wide turning up in what had previously seemed the most unlikely places. Reading did not have anything to do with the Leyland National but they became a feature of the fleet when it snapped up the Alder Valley operations in Newbury. Some also ran from Reading like this former Potteries example KRE283P.