Ted I must have been using my drivers hourgaurd for too long because my head hurts. 
What timer do you use? Maybe, if your illustrated work patterns are normal you would benefit from using said timer.
My head is also hurting but having read through it several times I have arrived at the following.
By the end of week two you have to compensate for the reduced rests you took in week one and this amounts to 2 hours 50 minutes, 2 hours on the Tuesday and 50 minutes on Wednesday and this is taken care of on the Wednesday of week 2 when it looks like you did a split rest, 4 + 11:25, so the 3 hours 25 minutes attached to the 8 hours can be used for compensation.
You only had a 39 hour 15 minute weekend break at the end of week one leaving 5 hours 45 minutes to be compensated for by the end of week 4, the end of the third week following the reduction.
In week 2 you have reductions to compensate for totalling 4 hours 25 minutes, 2 Tuesday, 40 minutes Thursday and 1 hour 45 minutes Friday, which has to be paid back by the end of next week and you had a reduced weekend break of 38 and a half hours leaving 6 and a half hours to be paid back by the end of week 5.
Week 3 you had reductions totalling 4 hours but the good news is you had a longer weekend break. You say you will be starting at 04:00 on Monday of week 4 so that makes a weekend break of 63 hours and 15 minutes. This means a full break of 45 hours plus you can pay back the weekly rest reductions owing, 5 hours 45 minutes from week 1 and 6 hours 30 minutes from week 2. The 4 hours 25 minutes owed from last weeks daily reductions must also be paid back here. 45:00 + 5:45 + 6:30 + 4:25 = 61:40. This means that you can also pay back 1 hour 35 minutes of the 4 hours reductions you had in your daily rest periods in week 3.
As far as I can see you ran legally and can start at 04:00 on the Monday of week 4 but you must pay back the remaining 2 hours 25 minutes owed from week 3 reductions by the end of week 4. Remember these periods must be of not less than 1 hour and must be attached to a break of at least 8 hours.
Right I need a coffee now and I would back Wiretwister in suggesting you buy an Hours Guard. 
Coffeeholic:
My head is also hurting but having read through it several times I have arrived at the following.[ā¦]
Right I need a coffee now and I would back Wiretwister in suggesting you buy an Hours Guard.
can I back Coffeholic backing Wiretwister and say get an HourGuard 
Sorry Ted, back in front of computer now after a busy week - havenāt looked at it at all, but Iām sure Coffeholic will have sorted it ā¦
thanx 4 all ur inputs. I do actually have a driverguard timer but arent able to use the compensation side of it, i find it totally confusing. I think its brill wrt daily duty and drivers hrs but thats all i tend to use it for.Maybe i need some training or need to read the info that came with itā¦
Ted, Im in the same boat mate, Im flummoxed by the rules, but I believe that the best way is get to grips with the hourgaurd. Im having a look at the detailed instructions for the gaurd, and if a thicko like me can crack it eventually, anywone will. If I work it out, Iāll post!
Mal.
Hehe! I tell you Critic, its a pain in the ā ā ā ā ā ā !
Mal.
I gave up on my hour guard shortly after trying to use it. Iāve tried to figure it out since but even the dummyās rules as found on this site are hard work.
If anyone wants it, they can have it, coz itās just sitting here doing zip.
I use a āBIG KITCHEN TIMERā which I think I found in Asda 
They do them in all truckstops for a few quid. Loads of drivers have got them. I use a filofax to record how many hours work Iāve done and such. Never had any problem with this method and never had any tachos come back with descrepancies other than the odd one on a Friday night going over time by 15 mins-ish to get back home They (Dft) seem to leave you a bit of slack for that if youāre spotless the rest of the week. Canāt say fairer than that.
Brgds
Speedy
Ok, here goesā¦
On a Friday, or your last duty day of the week, the Daily rest rule applies until 24Hrs following duty start. However at duty end the weekly rest starts.
If the duty period is less then 13hrs, can the extra daily rest be used as compensation? however this rest is actually part of your weekly rest. And what happens when this weekly rest is shorter than 45hrs.
If i put down my duty and rest periods for the last three weeks can you please tell me if I ran illegally or not?And am I ok to start tomorrow at 0400?
Day Start End Duty Rest
Mon 0450 1725 12.35 11.25
Tue 0630 2030 14.00 9.00
Wed 0540 1930 13.50 10.10
Thu 1000 2145 11.45 11.45
Fri 0645 2030 13.45 4+8
Sat 0430 1345 9.15 14.45
Mon 0500 2005 15.15 5.25+8.55
Tue 0530 2010 14.40 9
Wed 0510 1745 12.35 4+11.25
Thu 0605 1955 13.40 10.20
Fri 0505 1945 14.45 9.15
Sat 0500 1530 10.30 13.30
Mon 0600 1810 12.10 9.50
Tue 0400 1915 15.15 6+8.25
Wed 0400 1900 15.00 9
Thu 0400 1750 13.50 10.10
Fri 0400 1245 8.45 15.15
iām working through it slowly, but one thing I noticed was in the third week
Tue 0400 1915 15.15 6+8.25
this was a 29hour and 40 minute day - shouldnāt your 8 hour period of rest finished by 4.00 Wed ?
(still not sure Iām reading it right 
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Sorry Dennis, something else I get confused about, when I do a split break I forget to minus the split hours from the dutyā¦
That shouldve been 0400-1915 9.15 6+8.25