But Shropshire is precisely not where most of "A Shropshire Lad" is set; it is a place to be looked at, or longed for, endlessly out of reach.
We were driving through Suffolk to launch a new book, Not Bad for a Bad Lad, which is set partly in a prison at Hollesley Bay.
With a split having already occurred, another group called the Democratic Football Lads Alliance (DFLA) is set to demonstrate in Manchester on the 2nd of June.
Nick Hornby is the undisputed king of lad-lit; now his sister Gill is set to make her literary debut with The Hive, a novel about female friendship, motherhood and one-upmanship at the school gates.
It's fair to say that Liam Plunkett is one of the comedians of the team, and Paul Collingwood is the music man with his iPod and speakers, so it seems to be the Durham lads who are setting up all the entertainment.
Our day, our week, our month, was made recently when the lads let us know that they were set to release a second EP on fantastic Japanese label Mule Musiq.
The rowdy lads were abandoned and we set off through the streets at high speed in an attempt to get to the estate where my phone seemed to be.
United manager Jackie McNamara said: "These lads are a part of vibrant set-up we have in place and these contract extensions show our desire to continue to build in the correct manner".
"The lads were brilliant.
