He's gone to ground so it can only mean three things (1) He is still in the shop having his wallet extracted (2) He has bottled it(3) He is in London with Lambeth celebrating the sale and having a Pimms.
1/. I would have paid a deposit but their card machine had packed up, so they couldn’t extract my money even though they could have. 2/. I didn't 3/. You half right Giv, I have been in London and drinking Pimms but not with Shanksy