mark h:
so in theory
if i start at 6am monday do 9 hours total driving, and 2 hours other work meaning finshing at 5pm (11hours work)
then tuesday start at 5am (12 hours off) then do 10 hours driving and 3 hours other work finishing at 5pm (12 hours work)
start wednesdat at 6am (13 hours off) then do 9 hours driving and 4 hours other work finishing at 7pm (13 hours work)
start thursday at 5am (10 hours off) then do 10 hours driving and 2 hours other work finishing at 5pm (12 hours work)
start friday at 6am (13 hours off) then do 8 hours driving and 4 hours other work finishing at 6pm (12 hours work)
and start saturday at 8am (14 hours off) and do 2 hours driving then finish until 6am monday morning ( 40 hours off )
would this b legal
total of 48 hours driving
&
total of 97 hours for my weekly rest,
just am confused as to what am reading in this topic
Monday, there’s no break, or time for a break, unless you do 1 hr 15 other work plus 45 min break.
Tuesday’s the same, unless you’re doing 1 hr 30 other work plus 1 hr 30 break. (13 hour spreadover?)
Wednesday, same as Monday but with a 13 hour spreadover.
Thursday, same as Tuesday in a 12 hour spreadover.
Friday, same as Monday again.
Saturday, start at 8, finish at 10. That leaves you with 44 hours for weekly rest until 6 am Monday.
48 hours driving in one week is fine, but you can only drive for 90 hours in a rolling fortnight. So last week you can only have driven for max of 42 hours, and the same for next week (42 + 48 = 90).
Due to the breaks you have to take for your driving breaks, you are actually working for 57 hrs 45 mins.
That is fine too, but you’ll have to watch your working time to stay within the WTD average working hours week of 48 hours (spend more time on POA instead of Other Work).
How you get
total of 97 hours for my weekly rest,
I’m not sure, unless you’re adding up all the rest time you take in a week and calling that total your weekly rest, which isn’t the way it works.
Break is when you are relaxing, during your your shift, for 15 minutes or more and your tacho is set to the bed symbol. (45 minutes break needed for every 4 hrs 30 driving)
Rest is when you are parked up for the night, for between 9 - 11 hours (or more).
Weekly Rest is when you are parked up for between 24 - 45 hours, or more preferably, for a long rest at the end of your working week.
Have a read of this Booklet, from VOSA. It’s a bit long winded, but is quite good at explaining what the rules mean. Driver Hours and Tachograph Rules Its the up-to-date version of what used to be called GV262 and has a tiny bit about the Drivers version of the WTD in it too.
ROG:
I may be wrong on this but is the word spreadover a problem here 
Whats wrong with the word spreadover ROG ?
It refers to the time from when you start work until the time when you finish work.
Including all driving time, break, other work and POA.
If you do a 13 hour spreadover, you will have 11 hours left for your rest.
If you do more than a 13 hour spreadover, you will have less than 11 hours for your rest, so it’ll be a reduced rest.
That’s all there is to it.
Since the rule change, the longest spreadover you can have, and still be legal, is 15 hours.
As a Moderator could you move it there Simon 
